Unit 6 Reveiw

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Based on a comparison of the zones in the model shown, which of the following best explains how the model is limited in its representation of present-day urban land-use patterns? Options: The model does not account for the prices of agricultural land on the urban periphery, where land prices continue to decline. The model does not show that taller buildings constructed in the central business district are a result of increased land costs. The model does not indicate that land for apartment buildings is more expensive than land for single-family homes. The model does not account for the existence of suburbs composed of single-family homes where the housing structure is more expensive than the land it is built on. The model does not show the cost-to-distance effects of multiple suburban central business districts and the pattern of residential areas that surround them.

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The model does not show the cost-to-distance effects of multiple suburban central business districts and the pattern of residential areas that surround them.

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All of the following have helped create ghettos in North American cities EXCEPT: blockbusting and racial steering, redlining by financial institutions, concentration of public housing and social services, fixed school district boundaries, Economic Enterprise Zones

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Economic Enterprise Zones

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According to central place theory, the threshold is defined as the

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minimum number of people needed to support a service

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Why does New York City have more specialized stores than smaller urban places in the United States? Options: Its status as a primate city, The rank-size rule, The gravity model, Central place theory, The Burgess concentric zone model

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Central place theory

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In the fundamentals of central place theory, which term is defined as the maximum distance a consumer will travel to acquire a good or service?

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Range

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Which of the following defines Chicago’s position in relation to the infrastructure of the United States? Site, Situation, Absolute location, Vernacular region, Transition zone

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Situation

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Which group of cities contains the best examples of central places with large hinterlands? Options: San Diego, Milwaukee, and New Haven; Atlanta, Denver, and Calgary; Baltimore, Ottawa, and Duluth; Las Vegas, Victoria, and Buffalo; Miami, Philadelphia, and Quebec City

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Atlanta, Denver, and Calgary

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Which of the following is a true statement about classic models of city structure? Options: The concentric zone model does not have a transitional area., The sector model is highly influenced by transportation patterns., The central business district has the most dominant position in the multiple nuclei model., The multiple nuclei model and the sector model are similar in that they both have only one core., The interaction between the central city and the suburbs is greatest in the urban realm model.

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The sector model is highly influenced by transportation patterns.

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Which of the following best explains the strength of the diagram shown as a theoretical model in human geography? Options: The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas that were once colonial-era Spanish cities. The model presents a general theory that is applicable to metropolitan areas that were first settled in the era of postcolonial independence. The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas that were once colonial-era Portuguese cities. The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas with service-based urban economies. The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas with technology-based urban economies.

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The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas that were once colonial-era Spanish cities.

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Which of the following was a consequence of blockbusting in North American cities? Options: European immigrants moved into housing vacated by upwardly mobile Americans., Poor residents were unable to acquire mortgages., Real estate agents lost sellers., Neighborhoods were razed for commercial establishments., The ethnic composition of neighborhoods changed

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The ethnic composition of neighborhoods changed