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WorksheetsCities and Urban Land Use
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An urban area that has a name, defined boundaries, and local government, and that is generally larger than a village and smaller than a city.
a)
Town
b)
City
c)
Micro-City
d)
Large Village
2.
An inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village. In the United States, they are incorporated municipalities, usually governed by a mayor and a board of aldermen or councilmen.
a)
City
b)
Town
c)
Village
d)
State
3.
An increase in the percentage of the number of people living in urban settlements
a)
Urbanization
b)
Suburbanization
c)
Ruralanization
d)
Migration
4.
Formulated by Christaller to explain the size and distribution of cities in terms of a competitive supply of goods and services dispersed to populations. Bigger centers have a larger hinterland, while smaller centers have smaller hinterland and less specialty and high-order goods.
a)
Central Place Theory
b)
Christaller's Theory
c)
Christaller's Place Theory
d)
Central Hinterland Theory
5.
A process used in determining if locating a business in the area would be profitable and where the best location would be within the market area. Three steps: Compute the range, Compute the threshold, and Identify a site.
a)
Market Area Analysis
b)
Business Location Analysis
c)
Market Area Identification
d)
Business Location Identification
6.
A pattern of settlements in a country such that the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement
a)
Primate City Rule
b)
Secondary City Rule
c)
Dense Cuty
d)
Dense Settlements
7.
A pattern of settlements in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement. Developed countries tend to conform to this rule, while developing countries tend to have one primate city.
a)
Rank-Size Rule
b)
City-Size Rule
c)
City Development Rule
d)
Primate City Size Rule
8.
The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service
a)
Service Range
b)
Maximum Transit Range
c)
Desirable Travel Range
d)
Business Transit Perimeter
9.
The minimum number of people needed to support the service
a)
Service Threshold
b)
Producer Service Threshold
c)
Consumer Service Threshold
d)
Minimum Service Range
10.
What was the first hearth of civilization?
a)
Peru
b)
Nile
c)
Indus
d)
Mesopotamia
11.
Studying the layout of the city - its physical form and structure.
a)
blockbusting
b)
CBD
c)
urban morphology
d)
zoning laws
12.
A city grows outward from a central location in a series of rings in the
a)
von thunen model
b)
concentric ring model
c)
sector model
d)
multiple nuclei model
13.
What assumption(s) are in Christaller’s Central Place Theory?
a)
A flat isototropic plane with no physical barriers.
b)
Uniform soil fertility.
c)
Population and purchasing power would be evenly distributed.
d)
all of these
14.
What geometric pattern is associated with Christaller’s Central Place Theory?
a)
square
b)
hexagon
c)
circle
d)
pentagon
15.
In Hoyt’s Sector Model lower income neighborhoods are usually located
a)
in the first ring around the CBD.
b)
adjacent to the industrial and transportation corridor.
c)
on the east side of the city.
d)
in a wedge that extends from the CBD to the suburbs.
16.
Large cities develop many nodes around which different types of people and activities cluster. This describes the
a)
Peripheral Model.
b)
Multiple Nuclei Model.
c)
Latin American Model.
d)
Concentric Zone Model.
17.
According to the classic bid-rent curve, what happens to the value of land as one gets closer to the Central Business District (CBD)?
a)
Land gets used more extensively.
b)
Land gets more expensive.
c)
Land gets used less intensively.
d)
Land gets more affordable along busy streets.
18.
What promoted urbanization more than any other event?
a)
highways
b)
industrial revolution
c)
commericalization
d)
minimum wage
19.
Redlining happens when banks won't loan $ to people w/in a certain region outlined on their maps.
a)
true
b)
false
20.
A model of North American urban areas consisting in an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a belt way or ring road.
a)
Peripheral Model
b)
New Donut Model
c)
Filtering
d)
Urban Area Model
21.
The generational cycle that results from early pregnancy, illiteracy, poverty, drug-abuse and crime.
a)
Culture of Poverty
b)
Poverty Filtering
c)
Filtering
d)
Slum Culture
22.
the maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service.
a)
range
b)
hearth
c)
hinterland
d)
redlineing
23.
Which urban land model uses two CBDs?
a)
Latin American
b)
Multiple Nuclei
c)
Sector
d)
Concentric
24.
From largest to smallest the urban hierarchy of the following would go...
City, Town, ________, Hamlet
City, Town, ________, Hamlet
a)
Suburb
b)
Mega-City
c)
Village
d)
County
25.
Communities that are just outside of an urban area where many people live in neighborhoods are...
a)
rural areas
b)
suburbs
26.
The downtown area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered.
a)
Central Business District
b)
Retail District
c)
Downtown District
d)
Producer District
27.
A large node of office and retail activates of the edge of an urban area.
a)
Edge City
b)
Office City
c)
Retail City
d)
Active Urban Area
28.
The process of urban areas expanding outwards, usually in the form of suburbs, and developing over fertile agricultural land.
a)
Urban Sprawl
b)
Rural Sprawl
c)
Suburban Sprawl
d)
None of the above
29.
Urban model that is centered around a large cathedral
a)
European Cities Model
b)
Australian Cities Model
c)
Latin American Cities Model
d)
North American Cities Model
30.
Ancient Greece had a number of independently governed communities consisting of a city and surrounding lands. These are known as
a)
Cities
b)
City-States
c)
Urban Systems
d)
Rural Systems
31.
A new concentration of businesses in suburban areas due to the urban sprawl
a)
Megacities
b)
Edge Cities
c)
Megalopolis
d)
City
32.
The rank size rule mainly applies to
a)
MDCs
b)
LDCs
c)
Both MDCs and LDCs
d)
Less Developed Countries
33.
Joe who is a young financial accountant, recently moved into the newly renovated low income houses in downtown New York. This is an example of
a)
Gentrification
icat
ion
icat
ion
b)
Desertification
ication
ication
c)
Certification
cation
cation
d)
Ramification
ation
ation
34.
Which of the following is best described by the area in which consumers go for purchase of services?
a)
Threshold
b)
Range
c)
Market Area
d)
Core
35.
Minimum number of people needed to support a service
a)
Threshold
hold
hold
b)
Range
c)
Market
Area
Area
d)
Core
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