AP Human Geography Unit 6 Modules 50-52 Test

Which of the following terms best describes an urban planning strategy focused on protecting natural environments and developing compact, walkable neighborhoods with nearby access to public transportation options?

• New Urbanism

• diverse housing options

• traditional neighborhood structure

• built environment

• smart growth

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of walkable neighborhoods?

• hidden parking lots

• mixed-use development

• brightly colored and clearly marked crosswalks

• narrow streets

• multi-story shopping centers

Which of the following geographic concepts is likely NOT found in this image's neighborhood?

• variety of transportation choices

• compact design

• mixed land use

• walkable neighborhood

• brownfields

Which of the following principles of New Urbanism is characterized by energy efficiency, reduced dependence on automobiles, increased walkability, and increased local production of goods?

• monumental-scale building

• preservation of the natural environment

• mixed use and diversity

• traditional neighborhood structure

• sustainability

The area along a creek which runs between two large suburbs has been zoned to preserve its natural condition of grasses and forests one-half mile on either side of the creek. This would be an example of ____

• gentrification

• infill development

• slow-growth city planning

• urban sprawl

• greenbelt development

Which of the following cities do NOT show greenbelt development according to the map?

• Cambridge

• London

• Manchester

• Liverpool

• Cardiff

When a city stops unplanned development and creates requirements to not allow further development outward and instead encourages replacing large, single-story, abandoned retail space with denser, mixed-use, multi-story buildings, this would be an example of ______

• decreasing the population density curve

• excluded ghettos

• preservation of the natural environment

• greenbelt development

• slow-growth city planning

Which of the following is an important reason why rural farming communities support smart growth and New Urbanist planning?

• These practices guarantee population growth in rural communities which will increase the tax-base

• These practices encourage factories to relocate into rural communities

• Greenbelts take away farming rights which reduces agricultura competition

• These practices increase land values and urban sprawl

• Greenbelts conserve farmland

There are individuals and groups who oppose the new urban design initiatives introduced and discussed in this module. Which of the following statements is NOT a reason used to oppose these initiatives?

• They feel that the costs to maintain sidewalks, bike paths, and other recreational areas in these new initiatives would drive up the cost of housing and displace poor residents.

• They feel that new high-density housing and businesses will lead to more traffic and increase crime rates.

• They feel that the development of new mass transit lines into their neighborhood will attract criminals from high-crime areas

• They feel these new design initiatives will turn low-crime, low-density, quiet residential areas into high-density, noisy, commercial neighborhoods

• They feel these new design initiatives will reduce de facto segregation

One reason why many opponents of new urban design initiatives feel that existing communities will be negatively disrupted by such measures is because _____

• decreased population density will create more vacant buildings and lots

• there will be reduced connectivity due to efforts to reduce public mass transit

• there will be increased walkability in the newly designed areas

• property owners will face restrictions on how they can use their land

• poor residents are at a higher risk to lose their existing affordable housing due to increased land values