Unit 6 Practice Test

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In the past, many urban areas were viewed as “male spaces” because women had comparatively few opportunities to

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Find employment and buy property

Front

Today, city planners work to create healthy urban environments by designing neighborhoods and streets that allow residents to

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Engage in regular exercise

Front

Under the bid rent theory, what earns the highest rents?

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areas easily accessible to the city center earn the highest rents

Front

In a futuristic version of Hoyt’s sector model, populations would be most likely to live close to: High-speed rail lines, Industrial canals, Green spaces and parks, Pedestrian walkways, Wind farms

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High-speed rail lines

Front

What factor is responsible for explosive urban growth in the developing periphery? Options: Rapid population growth, Lack of opportunity in rural areas, Difficulty of providing for one’s family, Real and/or perceived economic opportunity in cities, All of the above

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All of the above

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The gravity model, which can be used to calculate the bonds between different urban centers, assumes that two cities located close together

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Would attract more people than two cities located far apart

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Residents of edge cities and suburban areas have long depended on automobiles and public transportation to access

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Jobs in large cities

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A greenbelt policy encourages a city to curb the amount of construction on a city’s edges to encourage growth in

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The city’s core

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In the United States, it has been demonstrated that a sudden flow of wealth into an urban ghetto typically leads to

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Desegregation and economic development within the ghetto

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In many American cities, public transportation and emergency response services must be improved within the next 25 years primarily to serve

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The aging Baby Boomer population