AP HUG Unit 6 Urban Land-Use Patterns

Human geographers use ____  as a more precise term for "downtown."

• Central Business District (CBD)
• Urban Business District
• Service Business District
• City Business District

Which is NOT a characteristic of retail services that are located in CBDs?

• They are consumer businesses with a high threshold
• They are consumer businesses with a high range
• They are consumer businesses who serve CBD workers
• They are consumer businesses that sell only expensive merchandise

At what scale of analysis is this census tract map?

• national

• regional

• state

• local

Outside of North America, _____ people live in CBDs, resulting in a wider array of consumer services for the residents.

• more
• less

Between 175 million and 1 billion people live in ________, areas that have few consumer services, because neither the city nor the residents can afford them.

• squatter settlements
• urban zones
• public housing
• disamenity zones

A legally incorporated, autonomous, and self-governing urban settlement is called a ______.

• census tract

• city

• CBD

• suburb

It is s often difficult to solve regional problems/issues because _______.

• local government entities are often fragmented

• lack of voter turn-out

• mayors are not knowledgeable about the issues

• city and county services may be consolidated

This image best illustrates the _____ concept.

• density gradient
• urbanization
• public housing
• blockbusting

What ONE vocab term does this RLE describe?

• annexation
• blockbusting
• urban sprawl
• counterurbanization

This map shows the amount of land that has been converted from farmland to residential use. This unchecked spread of residential areas beyond city limits is called

• urban sprawl
• urban growth
• urban expansion
• urban footprint