
Unit 6 Cities & Urban Patterns

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Sharon Kim
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Most early cities first formed along rivers for what primary reason?
Citizens needed navigable rivers for ease of transporting goods.
Citizens needed the water from the rivers to irrigate their crops.
Citizens needed the salt water available in tidal basins for preserving food.
Urban hydrology required an outlet for sewage treatment plants.
Citizens needed the fresh water for drinking and other survival means.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a core city and its built up suburbs called?
Central City
Urbanized area
Rural area
Density gradient
Intensive land use
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
New York City is viewed as a world city for which of the following reasons?
It has a population of over 10 million people
It is the home to the headquarters of numerous multinational corporations
It has twice the number of people than the next largest city in America
It is located on the coast
It was the first city founded by European settlers in the United States
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following scenarios might alter the situation of a city?
diamond mine is opened in the city.
A new mall is opened in the downtown area.
A new high speed rail link connecting the east and west of the country passes through the city.
A new transit system is built within the city.
A new university opens in the city.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A clustering of tall office buildings, shopping malls and commercial establishments along a major interstate highway is an example of what concept?
An edge city.
Suburban sprawl.
A zone in transition.
New urbanism.
Gentrification.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The nth largest city is 1/nth the population of the largest city in the country. This illustrates what example in urban geography?
Primate city.
Economic sizing.
The gravity model.
Rank size rule.
Rank size distribution.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following models is used to explain the interaction between cities?
The urban realms model.
The Ravenstein model.
The Burgess model.
The Gravity model.
The von Thünen model.
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