AP Human Geography Unit 7 Chapter 18-20 Quiz

Megacities are ...

• The world's largest cities and typically have more than 10 million people.

• The world's largest cities and typically have less than 10 million people

• The world's smallest cities and typically have more than 10 million people.

• The world's smallest cities and typically have less than 10 million people

True or False. The Gravity Model can be used to predict the flow of workers, shoppers, vacationers, mail, migrants, and nearly any other flow between cities.

• False

• True

Who created the Galactic City Model?

• Ernest Griffin

• Chauncey Harris

• Larry Ford

• Edward Ulman

Who created the Urban Realms Model

• James Vence

• James Vance

What's blockbusting?

• Ethnic enclaves where new residents can be close to religious institutions, stores that sell familiar goods, and friends and relatives who speak their language

• People of one ethnic group, usually middle class whites, would be frightened into selling their home at low prices when they heard that a family of another group, usually African American or Hispanic, was moving into the neighborhood

Mixed-use development, pedestrian-friendly design, and the incorporation of front porches and alleys are design elements of which of the following?

• New urbanism

• Transit-oriented development

• Urban growth

Which of the following best describes urban planning in the United States?

• It is imposed by the federal government through national standards.

• It is imposed by state governments through regional standards.

• It is accomplished, for the most part, through local ordinances governing land use.

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

In the United States and Canada, which areal unit best approximates a city neighborhood in size?

• A cencus tract

• A county

• A municipality

• A congressional district

• A metropolitan area

Many medium-sized metropolitan areas such as Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, or Charlotte, North Carolina, have added light-rail train systems to their public-transit networks. Which of the following best explains the goals of light-rail projects?

• Reduce highway accident numbers due to unsafe driving and outdated, less-safe vehicles.

• Protect wetlands and local lakes from water pollution caused by industrial waste discharge.

• Reduce the ecological footprint of cities and reduce the air pollution created by vehicle exhaust.

• Redevelop urban brownfields and promote farmland protection policies that reduce urban sprawl.

• Plan for sustainable residential zoning and establish an urban-growth boundary around cities.