APHG Chapter 13 Review

Front

What has led to the development of suburbs in the US? Options: Invention of the automobile, Globalization, Faster Internet, Railroad Tracks

Back

Invention of the automobile

Front

What economic activity is most likely located in a CBD?

Back

Offices and work related buildings

Front

Urban places are categorized hierarchically by:

Back

Population and their services

Front

Everything makes urban centers successful except: Location of urban center, Location in reference to non-local places, Physical resources located in area of urban center, Distance from other urban centers

Back

Physical resources located in area of urban center

Front

What best characterized a feature of the concentric zone model?

Back

CBD is the focus of all aspects of a city's life

Front

What best describes several of history's current (and past) preindustrial cities? Options: Poor organization, Unclean, Overpopulated, All of the above

Back

All of the above

Front

Where is urbanization occurring most rapidly? Options: The US, Less developed countries, More developed countries, Southern hemisphere

Back

Less developed countries

Front

What decade did the term urban realm become used to describe a metropolis?

Back

1990's

Front

Describes when a city uses tourist money to pay for road improvements and other city costs:

Back

Commercialization

Front

Minimum market size needed to support the CBD is called the:

Back

Threshold