Urban Exam Review Spring 2023

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

According to Christaller’s central place model, which of the following would most likely have the smallest range?

• A university

• An international airport

• A professional football stadium

• A symphony orchestra hall

• A grocery store

Central place theory describes the

• spatial patterns of urban and outlying areas based on the flow of goods and services

• tendency of different ethnic groups to congregate in a single location

• tendency of civilizations to form around certain natural features

• outward radiation of cultural patterns from a central place

• tendency of wealth to concentrate in urban core areas

Megacities have a population of ...?

• Over 1 million

• Over 10 million

• Over 20 million

• Over 50 million

Where are the majority of megacities located?

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

• The Americas

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

Which of the following refers to the size and functional complexity of cities?

• Multiplier effect

• Urban hierarchy

• Basic-nonbasic ratio

• Threshold ratio

• The Sector model

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

• 3.5 million

In which zone of the city are land prices the highest?

• CBD

• Low Class Housing (Inner City)

• Middle Class Housing (Suburbs)

• High Class Housing (Rural-Urban Fringe)

Name the model

• The Sector Model
• Concentric Zone Model
• Multiple Nuclei Model
• British Urban land Use Model