Unit 7: Urban Geography

What is the role of cities according to Central Place Theory?

• political capitals

• industrial centers

• transportation hubs

• providers of goods and services

A person is willing to travel only a short distance for needs such as milk, but long distances for specialized health care. What concept explains the previous statement?

• range

• threshold

• hinterland

• median

What is the geometric shape of hinterlands in Central Place Theory?

• circle

• square

• hexagon

• pentagon

What is a megalopolis?

• central cities and their rural hinterlands

• consolidated metropolitan statistical area

• an area where the urbanized areas of adjacent cities overlap

• regional government federation

to what does the central business district (CBD) refer?

• the core commercial area of the city

• the shopping malls located in the suburbs

• the residential area outside the city

• the industrial area outside the core

what is the term that refers to the rehabilitation of deteriorated, often abandoned, housing in low incomes, inner city neighborhoods?

• suburbanization

• gentrification

• commercialization

• globalization

the area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted is the . . .

• range

• threshold

• hinterland

• median

the minimum number of people needed to support a service is the . . .

• median

• threshold

• hinterland

• range

According to the range concept of Central Place Theory, people should be willing to travel far distances for __________ and only willing to travel short distances for ___________________.

• a cup of coffee; a wedding

• groceries; a flight out of an airport

• a concert; a fast food restaurant

• all of the above

Land values are high in the CBD primarily because of...

• construction of skyscrapers

• less intensive land use

• high threshold and range

• competition for limited space