unit 7

The process of settlement formation, expansion, and change is called

• suburbanization.

• urbanization

• post modern expansion.

• city growth.

• all of the above.

Three categories sociologist Louis Wirth used to differentiate between urban and rural areas include

• high density, social heterogeneity, and large size.

• high density, crime rate, and large size

• large size, social heterogeneity, and crime rate

• social networks, large size, and high density

• diversity, large size, and poverty rate

The most practical definition for an urban area is

• the central city and its surrounding suburbs.

• the economic influence of the central city.

• the central city and the continuously developed areas.

• the central city and the land area inside the adjacent counties.

• the central city and its neighboring

The United States Census Bureau establishes Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)

• to determine the geographical extent of influence for an urban area.

• to legally define the boundaries of an urban area.

• to help marketing firms gather demographic data.

• to help establish urban growth boundaries.

• all of the above.

An urban settlement that has incorporated into an independent self-governing unit is a

• metropolitan area

• micropolitan statistical area.

• city

• metropolitan statistical area.

• consolidated metropolitan statistical area.

What advantage does a city gain by legally incorporating?

• Authority to tax.

• Responsibility to provide essential services

• Ability to hold elections

• Establish legally defined boundaries

• All of the above.

The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the

• relative location

• locational determinants.

• site characteristics.

• situational characteristics

• none of the above.

All of the following are typical site and/or situational characteristics for the establishment of a settlement 

except

• the high point overlooking a river or plain. 

• the middle of a plain.

• at the confluence of two rivers

• the mouth of a river

•  on the shores of a natural harbor

In ancient Southwest Asia cities politically acted as 

• empires.

• city governments.

• states

• unincorporated entities.

• centers of culture

Historically, urbanization reached its zenith during

• the Bronze Age.

• the Egyptian Empire

• the Greco-Roman era

• the Persian Empire.

• none of the above.