AP Human Geography Unit 7 Seven Test Survival Mode

Which phrase best describes the urban central business district shown in the photograph

• An European CBD that mixes low-rise historic buildings with new skyscrapers

• A Latin American CBD that mixes traditional markets with modern high-rises

• An European suburban CBD with high-rise residential buildings and high-population

• An African colonial CBD with broad avenues, large homes, and administrative centers

• A North American CBD near the city's center, offering commercial space, parking, and transportation.

Which best provides a general explanation of functional zonation?

• Urban areas pass laws to define how property in specific areas can be used in order to separate commercial and residential spaces

• A city is made up of a series of rings that surrounds the central business district each having a different function

• Different portions of an urban area have specific and separate purposes, which fit together to create the entirety of the city

• In cities around the world, residential areas are based on ethnicity, and cities are thus divided into ethnic enclaves

• An urban area's inner city has its highest population density, and population density declines in areas farther from the city.

Which urban model would best describe a city that includes edge cities along its beltways

• galactic city

• concentric zone

• multiple-nuclei

• sector

• Griffen-Ford

Houses with small, high windows and no front yards,situated on dead-end streets, are common in Islamic cities. These characteristics might reflect Islamic emphasis

• the need for safety

• the high crime rate

• the value of privacy

• the power of the government

• the lack of development

Why do many African cities contain multiple commercial districts?

• Colonial central business districts emerged separately from the traditional commercial centers.

• Africans were traditionally not allowed to use the central business districts used by Europeans

• African governments promoted multiple central business districts through urban planning

• One central business district is not enough to serve Africa's fast-growing urban population

• Locations of Africa's business districts were poorly chosen, requiring multiple downtowns

What feature of many large Latin American cities is illustrated by Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma, a wide avenue lined with trees, tall office buildings, and mansions?

• the disamenity zone

• the periférico

• the favelas

• the commercial spine

• the zone in transition

Which best explains why European central business districts have largely resisted the construction of skyscrapers and the resulting impressive skylines that typify American cities?

• competition for valuable commercial space is not as keen in European cities as it is in the United States

• European culture prefers lower buildings and has negative attitudes toward commercialism and skyscrapers

• The centers of European cities contain many historically significant buildings that leaders choose to preserve

• The EU regulates the height of buildings and has forbidden tall buildings because of safety concerns

• European cities tend to have stronger mass transit systems, so people do not need to be as concentrated in CBDs.

What concept describes the process of when a wealthy family sells its house to a less-wealthy family of a different ethnic group, who then divides the house into two units?

• Functional Zonation

• Filtering

• Zoning

• Urban Planning

• Density Gradients

According to central-place theory, locations of economic activities are based on

• Threshold and range

• Resource inputs and markets

• Core and periphery

• Activity centers

Rules that govern land use in cities are known as

• Plats

• Site plans

• Zoning ordinances

• Land contracts