Unit 6 APHUG

6.1 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

• 5 million

• 8 million

• 7.5 million

• 9 million

• 3.5 million

6.1 The galactic city model was developed in response to the growth of suburbs and the need for a more complex model than the sector and concentric zone models. Which of the following is a strength of the galactic city model?

• It is based on the decrease of urban sprawl.

• It depicts early-twentieth-century industrial cities.

• It depicts a central business district.

• It depicts ex-urbanization and new nodes.

• It is based on the location of an international airport.

6.1 An example of an important physical site characteristic is a

• natural harbor

• grid street pattern

• major airport

• major central park

• public sports facility

6.1 Which of the following best explains a geographic characteristic shared by megacities in the global periphery?

• Abundant job opportunities in megacities lead to low unemployment rates.

• Megacities developed due to major investments in high-speed railways and subway systems.

• Megacities were built in strategic defensive locations and maintain a strong military presence.

• Megacities demonstrate unplanned growth patterns and often contain squatter settlements.

•   Deindustrialization is causing megacity populations to decline.

6.1 Which of the following types of urban land use is most common on the periphery of cities in Latin America?

• Rail transportation corridors

• A plaza surrounded by a central business district

• Residential squatter settlements

• Upper-class residential developments

• Parks and recreation areas

6.1 Which of the following best explains why countries such as Brazil, Burma (Myanmar), Kazakhstan, and Nigeria would construct a new capital city in a different location from the old capital city?

• To be better protected from foreign invasion

• To distance the new capital cities from the countries' colonial histories

• To attract world trade to a new site

• To be better situated along transportation networks

• To build modern, planned cities and administrative centers

6.1 A primate city such as Mexico City is

• most likely to share its rank size with at least one other city in the country

• much larger than the cities in any neighboring country and serves as the region’s financial capital

• always located in the center of its country for maximum accessibility

• always a national capital serving as the seat of government and industrial center of the country

• more than twice the size of any other city in its country and dominant economically and culturally

Using the diagram above, at what distance from the central business district will recreational land use begin to outbid all other land uses?

• about 18 miles

• about 10 miles

• about 6 miles

• about 12 miles

• about 3 miles

6.1 Which of the following is BOTH the least urbanized AND the most rapidly urbanizing realm of the world?

• Sub Saharan Africa

• South Asia

• the Middle East

• Middle America

• East Asia

6.1 The multiple nuclei model of urban structure developed by Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman arose from the idea that ? was losing its dominant position in the metropolitan city to other competition.

• the suburb

• the transition zone

• the railroad

• the CBD

• public transportation