APHG Review

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

All of the following were crucial to the emergence of the first cities EXCEPT

• an agricultural surplus

• a stratified social system

• labor specialization

• a system for food storage and distribution

• separation of the ruling system and the religious system

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

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

Most Latin American cities are focused on a

• government housing project

• zone of heavy industry

• central plaza

• skyscraper office building

• squatter settlement

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

Which of the following groups would most likely engage in the gentrification of an older residential neighborhood?

• University students on limited incomes

• Double-income households without children

• People above age sixty-five on limited incomes

• Double-income households with children

• Recent immigrants on limited incomes