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Chapter 13. Vocabulary

is an urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit known as a municipality is known as (a)  

Chapter 13 Vocabulary:

—a city develops in a series of sectors where certain areas are better for various activities os known as (a)  

Chapter 13 Vocabulary

This model suggests people with the same ethnic or racial background are likely to live near each other:

(a)  

The concentric zone model has been applied most frequently to cities in developing countries. The inner rings house higher-income people, the outer rings is a

(a)  

(a)   is the process of legally adding land area to a city. This was once popular, but now it is common for peripheral areas to organize their own municipalities rather than pay taxes to a city for municipal services

Land use planning in the U.K. directs new development to be contiguous with existing urbanization (right), as opposed to the fragmentation in the United States (left).

This is an example of (a)  

What type of model is pictured here

(a)  

AP College Board:

Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies the concept of hierarchical diffusion?

• The practice of selling pizza by the slice in America, whereas pizzas in Italy were traditionally sold as whole pies

• The addition of hands-free driving features to cars manufactured by companies headquartered throughout the world

• The migration of asylum seekers from Syria to Europe

• The increasing popularity of Korean pop music around the world because of social media

• The increasing sales of clothing brands endorsed by professional athletes to customers in Europe

AP College Board:

Which scenario best explains the process of assimilation?

• A family immigrates to a new country, settles near others from their homeland, and conducts most of their day-to-day activities within their ethnic neighborhood.

• Despite the large number of historic churches in France, many French identify as nonreligious and believe that religion is a private matter.

• The island of Mauritius has large populations of Christians, Hindus, and Muslims. The constitution of Mauritius prohibits discrimination and protects freedom of religion.

• The American government educated Native American children in American-style boarding schools. All of the children were taught English, and girls were taught how to be homemakers.

• Hinduism diffused from India to Bali, where it blended with traditional Balinese beliefs to create a form of Hinduism unique to Bali.

AP College Board:

Which of the following best exemplifies the diffusion of popular culture throughout the world in contemporary society?

• The increasing popularity of a fashion trend that originates in a large city, such as New York, and spreads to small rural towns

• The spread of an Internet meme via social media applications

• The spread of a religion through the migration of adherents of the religion

• The increasing popularity of a new band that spends a year touring cities around the world

• The spread of new slang that becomes widely used in government-funded schools