Unit 6 Review APHG

According to the Central Place Theory, the threshold is defined as the...

• economic base of a central place

• distance away from a central place

• point at which consumer movement is at a minimum

• minimum number of people needed to support a service

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

• Its status as a primate city

• central place theory

• gravity model

• Concentric zone model

Which city model is most applicable to metropolitan areas that were once colonial-era Spanish cities?

• Latin American city model

• Multiple nuclei model

• Southeast Asian city model

• Galactic city model

A primate city...

• Is surrounded by walls like a fortress

• Is linked by colonial administrators to an imperial power

• Is disproportionately large in relation to the next largest cities in that country

• Is primarily concerned with its role as a religious center.

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 an outlet for a region's trade.

• It is close to bankruptcy.

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

Most Latin American cities are focused on a...

• central plaza

• skyscraper office building

• zone of heavy industry

• government housing project

In the new global economy, more and more influential financial decisions are being made in...

• regional centers and small towns where fax machines are used

• the informal sector

• major corporate centers such as New York, London and Tokyo

• national capitals because of the increasing importance of the nation state

Prior to 1850, the location of all major North American cities was largely determined by...

• water power

• navigable waterways

• railroad junctions

• transcontinental highways

Today, where does most of the United States and Canadian population live?

• Small towns

• farming areas

• rural nonfarming areas

• metropolitan areas

Todays patterns of migration in North America often reflect movement from rural to...

• the central city

• suburbs

• squatter settlements

• areas of gentrification