Unit 4 Review

What is the difference between a city and a metropolitan area?

• A metropolitan area lacks a central city

• A metropolitan area includes both a city and its surrounding suburbs.

• A city has suburbs, but a metropolitan area does not

A suburb that develops around an interstate or shopping center is often called a(n) ______.

• uptown edge city

• greenfield edge city

• boomer edge city.

Urban decline in Flint, Michigan has led to many communities losing access to healthy, nutritional food as stores have closed. In their place, many fast food restaurants have appeared. These areas have become ______.

• edge cities

• suburbs

• food deserts

A farmer harvests wheat to be sold to a bread factory. The farmer is practicing….

• secondary industry

• quaternary industry

• primary industry

What is the name given to the elements needed for a city to be successful, such as roads, water systems, and electricity systems?

• smart growth

• urban sprawl

• infrastructure

The truck driver had to stop for the night at a rest stop as he made his way from the factory to the Walmart in Greenville. Which type of industry is the truck driver?

• secondary

• tertiary

• primary

World trade is encouraged by the ______ of natural resources.

• uneven distribution

• equal distribution

• large amount

Which of these is an example of a supranational organization?

• UN

• IDP

• non governmental organization

• a tax created by China

What is a megacity?

• A city with a population of over 10 million people

• A city with a population of 5 million people

• An area where cities have started to merge together

An area organized into an independent political unit is a ______.

• colony

• nationality

• state.