Ch. 25 & the Silk Road Test Review

What is a city that is the governmental center of a country or region?

• site

• situation

• capital city

• primate city

What is the specific place where something is located, including its physical setting?

• site

• situation

• capital city

• primate city

What is the largest and most important city in a country?

• site

• situation

• capital city

• primate city

What is the way a place is positioned in relation to is surroundings?

• site

• situation

• capital city

• primate city

Select ALL answers that are reasons a city becomes a primate city.

• It has twice as many people as the next largest city.

• It is the center of economic power.

• It has a high GDP.

• It is the most important city in a country.

• It is always the governmental center of a country.

Primate cities are always the capital cities.

• True

• False

Which of these is most likely to draw someone from a rural area to a primate city to live?

• sporting events

• job opportunities

• shopping bazaars

• historic sites

The Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, and the Grand Bazaar all reflect Turkey's _____.

• trade & agriculture

• site & situation

• history & culture

• government & military

Istanbul is located on a peninsula with a good, natural harbor. Geographers refer to this as...

• situation

• luck

• site

• GDP

Select all of the empires to which Istanbul belonged.

• Roman

• German

• Byzantine

• Iranian

• Ottoman