APHUG Unit 6 Test

Historically, the growth of North American suburbs was most constrained by:

• high land values

• zoning ordinances

• limited transportation

• housing shortages

• cultural preferences

Which of the following is a correct statement about the major cities of the world?

• Most are located on rivers or seacoasts.

• Most are found in areas that are not very suitable for agriculture.

• Most primate cities are located in the United States and western Europe.

• They are concentrated between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn

• The world's fastest-growing cities are found in areas with the highest standards of living.

As old central business districts and industrial zones in more developed countries lost businesses and employment in the mid- to late twentieth century, suburban development expanded. Which of the following types of cities resulted from rapid suburban growth and the expansion of retail areas, office developments, business centers, and corporate headquarters to provide jobs and services in suburban areas?

• Megalopolises

• Financial districts

• State capitals

• Edge cities

• Manufacturing zones

Which of the following is true of an edge city?

• It is located on the edge of a lake, river, or other physical feature.

• It is close to bankruptcy.

• It is an outlet for a region’s trade.

• It is increasingly used for heavy industry.

• It has a large amount of recently developed retail and office space.

Which of the following statements best explains how the world cities listed in the table function within the world’s

urban hierarchy?

• The top ten world cities have a significant impact on the international economy and are important

  drivers of globalization.

• The cities with larger populations are the biggest drivers of global innovation.

• The cities with smaller populations can be expected to experience the fastest rates of population growth

  within the next several decades.

• The top ten world cities offer a wide array of services, but these services are restricted to local

  populations.

• The top ten world cities are diminishing in financial and cultural significance due to the process of

  globalization.

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

• generate individual wealth and drive economic development within cities boundaries

Compare the largest urbanized-area populations for each country, and then select the following statement that correctly draws a conclusion regarding the pattern in the data.

• China has a primate city, and the United States follows the rank-size rule.

• Neither country follows the rank-size rule.

• The United States is closer to following rank-size rule.

• Both countries have a primate city.

• The United States has a primate city, and China follows the rank-size rule.

A primate city such as Mexico City is:

• always located in the center of its country for maximum accessibility

• more than twice the size of any other city in its country and dominant economically and culturally

• most likely to share its rank size with at least one other city in the country

• always a national capital serving as the seat of government and industrial center of the country

• much larger than the cities in any neighboring country and serves as the region’s financial capital

Which of the following is a true statement about classic models of city structure?

• The concentric zone model does not have a transitional area.

• The sector model is highly influenced by transportation patterns.

• The central business district has the most dominant position in the multiple nuclei model.

• The multiple nuclei model and the sector model are similar in that they both have only one core.

• The interaction between the central city and the suburbs is greatest in the urban realm model.

The multiple-nuclei model of city structure tends to be most applicable to

• small cities

• traditional cities

• Latin American cities

• newer, fast-growing cities

• cities with homogeneous land use