Quizizz: Review Urban Geography

Cities that have grown together into one large urban area are called:

• Metacity

• Megacity

• Megalopolis

• Metropolitan

Settlements which develop around a resource are called:

• Cluster

• Grid

• Linear

Settlements that form on a line such as a river are called:

• Cluster

• Grid

• Linear

Settlements that are purposely laid out in a grid pattern are known as:

• Cluster

• Grid

• Linear

Cities and surrounding areas are called:

• Urban Areas

• Rural Areas

• Megalopolis

Cities with more than 10 million people are called:

• Metacities

• Megacities

• Microcities

• Megapolis

1. True or False: Urban Land Use Models cannot be used to explain how cities develop.

• True

• False

The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.

• Range

• Threshold

• Hinterland

• Counterurbanization

The minimum number of people needed to support a service

• Range

• Threshold

• Slum

• Urbanization

A person is willing to travel only a short distance for needs such as milk, but long distances for specialized health care. What concept explains the previous statement?

• range

• threshold

• hinterland

• median