AP Human Geography Unit 6 Review

Mixed-use development, pedestrian-friendly design, and the incorporation of front porches and alleys are design elements of which of the following?

• Leapfrog development

• Urban growth boundaries 

• Zero growth 

• New urbanism 

Which of the following best explains the strength of the diagram shown as a theoretical model in human geography?

• The model presents a general theory that is applicable to metropolitan areas that were first settled in the era of postcolonial independence.

• The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas with technology-based urban economies.

• The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas that were once colonial-era Spanish cities.

• The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas that were once colonial-era Portuguese cities.

An advantage of the Harris and Ullman multiple nuclei model over the Burgess concentric zone model and the Hoyt sector model of internal city structure is that the multiple nuclei model

• easily incorporates construction of a new airport on the urban periphery

• easily incorporates depiction of linear and areal physical relief features

• allows for the central business district to be situated in an edge city

• is also applicable to rural areas beyond the urban periphery

New Urbanism is an example of sustainable urban development. This type of development is intended to

• reduce the need for mass transit

• decrease the density of the urban area

• increase the need for shopping mall development

• reduce the miles driven on personal vehicles

The photograph above shows high-density residential housing built in the early 2000s in Henderson, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas, developed to accommodate large increases in population in the area. Which of the following best explains the growth in population and housing shown in the image and the census data?

• The impacts of deindustrialization in other Sun Belt–region cities

• A cycle of rapid economic development and real estate investment

• A period of immigration from southern Europe and eastern Europe

• The growth brought on by resource extraction and industrialization

In the development of urban land, which of the following is typically built on the most accessible sites?

• High-rise apartment buildings

• Farm markets

• Retail complexes

• Single-family housing

Most Latin American cities are focused on a

• squatter settlement

• government housing project 

• central plaza

• skyscraper office building

Which of the following best explains the importance of stock exchanges in the cities of Mumbai, India and Shanghai, China?

• These cities have a large manufacturing labor force.

• These edge cities are built at the intersection of transportation routes.

• These cities function as global economic centers in the core.

• These cities function as global economic centers in the semiperiphery.

Based on a comparison of the zones in the model shown, which of the following best explains how the model is limited in its representation of present-day urban land-use patterns?

• The model does not show the cost-to-distance effects of multiple suburban central business districts and the pattern of residential areas that surround them.

• The model does not account for the existence of suburbs composed of single-family homes where the housing structure is more expensive than the land it is built on.

• The model does not show that taller buildings constructed in the central business district are a result of increased land costs.

• The model does not indicate that land for apartment buildings is more expensive than land for single-family homes.

Which of the following describes the connection between land values and population density?I. Higher population density indicates a higher demand for land and thus the price of land is bid up in densely settled regions.II. Higher prices make land less affordable so that expensive locations generally have lower population densities.II. Larger areas of land will cost more but will be less likely to be densely settled.

• I and II

• I only

• III only

• II and III