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WorksheetsUrban Geography Review
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 2hrs 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas
a)
urban sprawl
b)
metropolitan area
c)
rural fringe
d)
whooping cough
2.
Which is a negative effect of urban sprawl?
a)
new, affordable homes
b)
more farmland
c)
destruction of habitats
d)
more people pass their geography quiz
3.
What do the dark spots on this population density map represent?
a)
urban cores
b)
metropolitan areas
c)
Somerset, Wisconsin
d)
public transit systems
4.
What part of the metropolitan area is A pointing to?
a)
urban core
b)
urban fringe
c)
rural fringe
d)
metropolitan area
5.
What part of the metropolitan area is B pointing to?
a)
urban core
b)
rural fringe
c)
urban fringe
d)
mitochondria
6.
What part of the metropolitan area is C pointing to?
a)
rural fringe
b)
urban fringe
c)
urban core
d)
cell membrane
7.
What part of the metropolitan area is a suburb most likely to be located in?
a)
the rural fringe
b)
the urban core
c)
the urban fringe
d)
no
8.
Toronto’s Official Plan encourages infill instead of urban sprawl. Which of these is the best example of infill?
a)
getting a cavity filled in at the dentist
b)
eating ALL THE SWEETS
c)
replacing an abandoned factory with a new apartment building
d)
outfill
9.
Increasing public transit is one way to get people in a metropolitan area to drive less. What is public transit?
a)
A network of buses, trains, and other vehicles used for moving passengers.
b)
not allowing people to build developments on farmland
c)
replacing an abandoned factory with a new apartment building
d)
when all the 7th graders get in Ms. Dodor's beetle and go to Taco Bell
10.
Which is a positive effect of urban sprawl?
a)
there are more affordable houses
b)
increased pollution
c)
destruction of habitats
d)
more taco bells (this one's not the right answer, but it is true)
11.
What is north of the picnic area?
a)
woods
b)
soccer field
c)
swimming pool
d)
playground
12.
What is west of the ice cream stand?
a)
playground
b)
swimming pool
c)
picnic area
d)
woods
13.
What is east of the jogging path?
a)
woods
b)
swimming pool
c)
playground
d)
ice cream stand
14.
What is a ruler that measures distance?
a)
compass rose
b)
index
c)
scale
d)
inset map
15.
What is a symbol that shows directions?
a)
compass rose
b)
map key
c)
scale
d)
inset map
16.
What tells what the map is about?
a)
map key
b)
index
c)
compass rose
d)
title
17.
What is a list of facts with names and numbers?
a)
title
b)
index
c)
inset map
d)
compass rose
18.
Which of these is a list of symbols?
a)
map key
b)
compass rose
c)
index
d)
title
19.
What trend can you see by studying the following map of the Mississippi River?
a)
Cities have developed along the Rocky Mountain Range
b)
There is no trend
c)
Cities have developed along the river
d)
Cities located inside the Mojave Desert
20.
How would you describe this place?
a)
Urban
b)
Rural
c)
Suburban
21.
What type of map is this?
a)
Political
b)
Climate
c)
Physical Features
d)
Economic Resources
22.
What information is this map showing us?
a)
Monthly rainfall (precipitation)
b)
Yearly rainfall (precipitation)
c)
Elevation of the U.S. landscape
d)
Population patterns in the U.S.
23.
Another word for ANNUAL:
a)
Monthly
b)
Daily
c)
Yearly
d)
Weekly
24.
How does a city develop in the concentric zone model?
a)
sections/sectors
b)
nodes of influence
c)
rings
d)
corridors
25.
Where is the best housing located according to the sector model?
a)
A section from the CBD to the edge of the city
b)
suburbs
c)
nodes around schools
d)
the first ring outside the market
26.
What is the purpose of urban models?
a)
Explains where different types of people live
b)
Explains why people live where they live
c)
Depends on the use of Census Data
d)
All of the above
27.
A port is likely to attract nearby _____, according to the multiple nuclei model
a)
schools
b)
homes
c)
industries
d)
malls
28.
Which urban land model uses two CBDs?
a)
Latin American
b)
Multiple Nuclei
c)
Sector
d)
Concentric
29.
According to the Burgess Model of Development, the outer most ring is
a)
extensive agriculture
b)
the zone of transition
c)
extensive commercial agriculture
d)
the commuter zone
30.
What is the number one reason for city growth?
a)
better housing
b)
jobs
c)
cheaper food sources
d)
more transportation options
31.
Suburban sprawl is the marriage of which two terms
a)
urban and suburban
b)
suburbanization and sprawl
c)
suburb and urban sprawl
d)
urban sprawl and urbanization
32.
Worldwide, settlement patterns are becoming more
a)
urban
b)
rural
33.
The following is a picture of which urban land use model?
a)
sector model
b)
concentric zone
c)
multiple nuclei
34.
The following is a picture of which urban land use model?
a)
sector
b)
concentric zone
c)
multiple nuclei
35.
The following is a picture of which urban land use model?
a)
sector
b)
concentric zone
c)
multiple nuclei
36.
Areas of open land with few people, homes, and businesses
a)
Urban
b)
Suburbs
c)
City
d)
Rural
37.
The movement of people from cities to the suburbs is best known as
a)
Ruralism
b)
Suburbism
c)
Urbanization
d)
Sector Model
38.
Outlying area or community around a city
a)
Urban
b)
Suburb
c)
Rural
d)
City
39.
What do geographers call the unequal distribution of wealth and resources in a specific geographic area
a)
economic activity
b)
population density
c)
resource distribution
d)
spatial inequality
40.
Which of these is a major cause of rural decline in Mexico?
a)
crowding and pollution in urban areas
b)
loss of communal lands
c)
increased standard of living in rural areas
d)
increased poverty in rural areas
41.
Which of these is a major effect of rural decline in Mexico?
a)
falling crime
b)
rising living standards
c)
increased urbanization
d)
decreased spatial inequality
42.
Which of these is the most important “pull factor” that draws farm families to Mexico City?
a)
apartment living
b)
communal land
c)
economic opportunity
d)
spatial inequality
43.
As Mexico City has grown, it has seen increases in all of the following except
a)
crime rates
b)
air pollution
c)
average family size
d)
poor neighborhoods
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