AP HuG Unit 6 Vocabulary Review

What is urbanization?

• The movement of people to rural areas

• The movement of people to towns and cities

• The movement of people to other countries

• The movement of people to suburbs

What defines a metacity?

• Urban areas with over 10 million people

• Urban areas with over 20 million people

• Urban areas with over 30 million people

• Urban areas with over 40 million people

What is suburbanization?

• Movement from cities to rural areas

• Movement from rural areas to cities

• Movement from towns and cities to the rural-urban fringe

• Movement from rural-urban fringe to cities

What does the rank-size rule explain?

• The size of cities within a country

• The population growth of cities

• The economic status of cities

• The cultural diversity of cities

What is urban sprawl?

• A) Expansion of cities into rural land

• B) Reduction of city size

• C) Development of new cities

• D) Preservation of urban areas

What are exurbs?

• Fast-growing communities outside metropolitan areas

• Central business districts

• Rural farming communities

• Coastal urban areas

What is the Harris and Ullman multiple nuclei model?

• A model of urban development with multiple nodes

• A model with one central business district

• A model with no central business district

• A model with only residential areas

What are boomburbs?

• Suburbs with rapid growth

• Suburbs with declining population

• Suburbs with stable population

• Suburbs with no growth

What is a primate city?

• The largest city in a country

• The smallest city in a country

• A city with equal population to others

• A city with no significant importance

What does Christaller's Central Place Theory explain?

• A) Economic processes in urban space

• B) Cultural diversity in cities

• C) Political structures in urban areas

• D) Environmental impact of cities