Unit 6.6 Quiz

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

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

• high land values

• zoning ordinances

• housing shortages

• limited transportation

• cultural preferences

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

Today, most of the United States and Canadian population lives in which of the following?

• Farming areas

• Metropolitan areas

• Rural nonfarming areas

• Central cities

• Small towns

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

Which of the following describes a primate city?

• It is economically and politically inter-connected to other cities in the world.

• It is surrounded by walls like a fortress.

• It is linked by colonial administrators to an imperial power.

• It is primarily concerned with its role as a religious center.

• It is disproportionately large in relation to the next largest cities in that country.

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

All of the following are reasons for the rise of suburban development in the 1950s EXCEPT

• the building of interstate highways

• the G.I. Bill of Rights

• better public transportation

• the desire for more space

• prefab construction methods