Chapter 18 Amsco

Parts of Earth's surface permanently settled by humans

• Census

• Country

• Ecumene

• Carrying Capacity

A pattern of settlements in a country such that the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement

• Primate City Rule
• Secondary City Rule
• Dense Cuty
• Dense Settlements

A pattern of settlements in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement. Developed countries tend to conform to this rule, while developing countries tend to have one primate city.

• Rank-Size Rule
• City-Size Rule
• City Development Rule
• Primate City Size Rule

________ is the process of settlement, formation, expansion, and change.

• Suburbanization
• Urbanization
• Urban Sprawl
• City Growth

From largest to smallest the urban hierarchy of the following would go...
City, Town, ________, Hamlet

• Suburb
• Mega-City
• Village
• County

What is the population of the fourth largest city in a country where the rank-size rule applies if the largest city is two million in population?

• 250,000
• 1,000,000
• 500,000
• 100,000

According to the rank/size rule: If the largest city in a country has a population of 100,000 people, how many people will reside in the 5th largest city?

• 25,000

• 33,000

• 20,000

• 50,000

Which of these is the smallest settlement?

• village
• town
• hamlet

The ring of small towns and suburbs that surround a big city.

• Metropolitan area
• Rural Fringe
• Suburb
• Urban

A major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it

• Rural Fringe

• Planned Communities

• Mixed Use Development

• Metropolitan Area