U6.1-3 Cities & Urbanization

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

Which of the following was NOT a reason for rapid suburbanization in the United States after the Second World War?

• Mass production of the automobile

• Expansion of home construction

• Expansion of the interstate highway system

• Availability of low down payment terms and long-term mortgages

• Reduction in long-distance commuting

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

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

In which zone of the city are land prices the highest?

• CBD

• Low Class Housing (Inner City)

• Middle Class Housing (Suburbs)

• High Class Housing (Rural-Urban Fringe)

Human geographers use ____  as a more precise term for "downtown."

• Central Business District (CBD)
• Urban Business District
• Service Business District
• City Business District

Between 175 million and 1 billion people live in ________, areas that have few consumer services, because neither the city nor the residents can afford them.

• squatter settlements
• urban zones
• public housing
• disamenity zones

Consequences of suburbanization include... 

• segregation of social classes
• segregation of ethnic groups
• segregation of land uses
• all of these are results of suburbanization

Early urban areas were called:

• Townships

• City States

• Conurbations

• Kingdoms