Unit 6, 7 and Regions

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

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

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

Prior to 1850 the location of all major North American cities was related, chiefly, to the presence of

• navigable waterways

• transcontinental highways

• defensive sites

• railroad junctions

• water power

In the new global economy, an increasing proportion of influential financial decisions are being made in

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

• the informal sector

• regional centers and small towns where fax machines are used

• the field, close to the sources of agricultural production

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

Most Latin American cities are focused on a

• government housing project

• zone of heavy industry

• central plaza

• skyscraper office building

• squatter settlement