Rubenstein Ch. 12 Review

Which of the following best explains why New York City has more specialized stores than do smaller urban places in the United States?

• Its status as a primate city

• The rank-size rule

• The gravity model

• Central place theory

The presence of media hubs, coalitions focusing on specific environmental challenges, and headquarters for multinational corporations in major cities help explain how such cities

• avoid participation in global processes and decision making

• are linked globally in ways that transcend national political boundaries

• are isolated and dependent on national political boundaries for security

• preserve cultural heritage and contribute to increasing isolation

Which of the following is a general theory in geography that can be used to quantify and predict the interaction between two cities based on population sizes, distance between the places, the number of migrants moving from one place to the other, or the flow of trade goods between the two locations?

• Central place theory

• World system theory

• Gravity model

• Primate City

According to the rank-size rule, which of the following is typically true of higher-order services, such as hospitals with a large number of medical specialties?

• They are located in suburbs.

• They have larger ranges and thresholds.

• They are located in small towns.

• They have smaller ranges and thresholds.

Which of the following best explains a geographic characteristic shared by megacities in the global periphery?

• Megacities developed due to major investments in high-speed railways and subway systems.

• Abundant job opportunities in megacities lead to low unemployment rates.

• Deindustrialization is causing megacity populations to decline.

• Megacities demonstrate unplanned growth patterns and often contain squatter settlements.

Which of the following is useful for describing a settlement node whose primary function is to provide support for the population in its hinterland?

• Von Thunen

• Wallerstein's Worlds System Theory

• Christaller's Central Place Theory

• Rostow's Economic Development

sparsely settled places away from the influence of large urban environments. 

• Urban Settlement

• Rural Settlement

• Clustered Settlement

• Dispersed Settlement

According to the rank-size rule, if the largest city in a country has a population of 10 million, the next largest city will have a population of

• 9 million

• 8 million

• 7.5 million

• 5 million

Which of the following best illustrates how the world cities in the table are connected globally in ways that transcend national borders?

• Tokyo developing into one of the largest megacities

• London building a new financial district

• Chinatown and the United Nations being located in New York City

• New York City and Tokyo being located in coastal environments

Maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service

• Range

• Threshold

• Hinterlands