Test Human Geography, Economic and Urban Geography

Name three things that a world city has.

• large population, major international airport, advanced transportation system

• large populations, small working class, navigable water ways

• major international airports but few ways for locals to move around and museums dedicated to the arts

• advanced transportation system, no international airports but navigable water ways

What functions do urban areas have?

• creats a stress free environment for the upper income class

• creats manufacturing, retail, and services centers

• manages to appropriate left over agricultural goods from the rural areas

• creats a atmosphere were people can be interconnected

The growth of suburban areas is growing faster than rural areas.

• true

• false

Who created the concentric zone model?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Carl Marx

• Albert Einstein

• Ernest Burgess

Name one thing that a central place theory tries to accomplish.

• find the resons why cities shrink in size

• explore the ways in which cities can grow

• find the reasons behind the distribution patterns, size, and number of cities and towns around the world.

• explore how some cities survive while others die

What has made Istanbul vulnerable?

• its low crime rate

• its international airports

• its public transportation system

• its desirable location

What is a good example of a shrinking population?

• alluvial plain

• cosmopolitan city

• ghost town

• shrinking town

What does the multiple nuclei model explain?

• that a city has more than one center

• that the city has more than one center but its center can be easily found

• that a city has only one center

• that a city has no center at all

What kinds of challenges come with a growing urban area?

• Overcrowding, crime, poverty, social conflict, and pollution

• very few challeges occur.

• social services are very slow to adapt

• people are isolated from each other and grouped by social classes

Why are centers of culture changing?

• because people are becoming more interconnected

• because the change was innevitable

• beccenter of culture are not changing

• because of their economic and cultural strength with outside world.