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WorksheetsUnit 7 - Cities and Urban Land Use
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The formal act of acquiring something by conquest or occupation
a)
Filtering
b)
Gentrification
c)
Annexation
d)
Conurbation
e)
New Urbanism
2.
A rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other and fields surround the settlement
a)
Dispersed rural settlement
b)
Clustered rural settlement
c)
Economic base
d)
Squatter Settlement
e)
Urbanized Area
3.
Industrial sector which exports all (or nearly all) of its production outside the settlement.
a)
Basic industries
b)
Nonbasic industries
c)
Business services
d)
Consumer services
e)
Personal services
4.
Economic theory that refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the central business district (CBD) increases.
a)
Bid Rent Curve
b)
Central Place Theory
c)
Gravity Model
d)
Peripheral Model
e)
Sector Model
5.
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings.
a)
Concentric Zone Model
b)
Gravity Model
c)
Peripheral Model
d)
Multiple Nuclei Model
e)
Sector Model
6.
Services that primarily meet the needs of other businesses, including professional, financial, and transportation services
a)
Business services
b)
Consumer services
c)
Personal services
d)
Producer services
e)
Public services
7.
Businesses that provide services primarily to individual consumers, including retail services and education, health, and leisure services
a)
Business services
b)
Consumer services
c)
Personal services
d)
Producer services
e)
Public services
8.
An area delineated by the US Bureau of the Census for which statistics are published; in urbanized areas
a)
Census Tract
b)
Zoning Ordinance
c)
Density Gradient
d)
Urbanized Area
e)
Enclosure movement
9.
Extended urban area consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of one or more cities
a)
Filtering
b)
Gentrification
c)
Annexation
d)
Conurbation
e)
New Urbanism
10.
Area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered
a)
Central Business District (CBD)
b)
Central place
c)
Clustered rural settlement
d)
Urbanized Area
e)
Edge City
11.
A cooperative agency consisting of representatives of local governments in a metropolitan area in the United States.
a)
Council of Government
b)
Central Business District (CBD)
c)
Zoning Ordinance
d)
Micropolitan Statistical Area
e)
Economic base
12.
A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area
a)
Central place
b)
Central Business District (CBD)
c)
Urbanized Area
d)
Edge City
e)
Clustered rural settlement
13.
The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
a)
Density Gradient
b)
Filtering
c)
Gentrification
d)
Annexation
e)
Conurbation
14.
States that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services; larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements and provide services for a larger number of people who are willing to travel farther.
a)
Zoning Ordinance
b)
Rank-size rule
c)
Law of the Indies
d)
Enclosure movement
e)
Central Place Theory
15.
A rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages
a)
Dispersed rural settlement
b)
Clustered rural settlement
c)
Economic base
d)
Squatter Settlement
e)
Urbanized Area
16.
A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland
a)
City-state
b)
Edge City
c)
Megacity
d)
Megalopolis
e)
Squatter Settlement
17.
A community's collection of basic industries
a)
Dispersed rural settlement
b)
Clustered rural settlement
c)
Economic base
d)
Squatter Settlement
e)
Urbanized Area
18.
A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
a)
Edge City
b)
City-state
c)
Megacity
d)
Megalopolis
e)
Primate city
19.
Metropolitan area with more than 10 million people
a)
Megacity
b)
City-state
c)
Edge City
d)
Megalopolis
e)
Primate city
20.
The process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms in England during the eighteenth century
a)
Zoning Ordinance
b)
Rank-size rule
c)
Law of the Indies
d)
Enclosure movement
e)
Central Place Theory
21.
When the urbanized areas of 2+ cities merge together through suburban growth and expansion
a)
Megalopolis
b)
Megacity
c)
City-state
d)
Edge City
e)
Primate city
22.
A process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner occupancy to abandonment
a)
Filtering
b)
Gentrification
c)
Annexation
d)
Conurbation
e)
New Urbanism
23.
Places where immigrants make their way into a country
a)
Gateway cities
b)
City-state
c)
Edge City
d)
Megalopolis
e)
Primate city
24.
A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-income renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class owner-occupied area
a)
Gentrification
b)
Filtering
c)
Annexation
d)
Conurbation
e)
New Urbanism
25.
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities.
a)
Sector Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Gravity Model
d)
Multiple Nuclei Model
e)
Peripheral Model
26.
A model that holds that the potential use of a service at a particular location is directly related to the number of people in a location and inversely related to the distance people must travel to reach the service
a)
Gravity Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Peripheral Model
d)
Multiple Nuclei Model
e)
Sector Model
27.
A form of growth that is designed to limit the amount of urban sprawl and preserve nature and usable farmland. Provides connection between people and businesses and are more environmental and community friendly because of their easily walkable distances and frequent encounters between citizens. Examples: Avalon Park, Celebration Florida.
a)
Filtering
b)
Gentrification
c)
Annexation
d)
Conurbation
e)
New Urbanism
28.
A ring of land maintained as parks, agricultural, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area
a)
Greenbelt
b)
City-state
c)
Edge City
d)
Megalopolis
e)
Primate city
29.
A service business sector that offers its products primarily within a particular region; generally does not export products.
a)
Nonbasic industries
b)
Basic Industries
c)
Business services
d)
Consumer services
e)
Personal services
30.
Combines elements of concentric and sector models; has a "SPINE" radiating out of the CBD around which high income groups can be found
a)
Latin American City Model
b)
Peripheral Model
c)
Concentric Zone Model
d)
Gravity Model
e)
Sector Model
31.
A model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road.
a)
Peripheral Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Gravity Model
d)
Multiple Nuclei Model
e)
Sector Model
32.
Outlined how colonial cities were constructed in Latin America -- gridiron street plan centered on a church and central plaza etc.
a)
Zoning Ordinance
b)
Rank-size rule
c)
Law of the Indies
d)
Enclosure movement
e)
Central Place Theory
33.
Services that provide for the well-being and personal improvement of individual consumers
a)
Business services
b)
Consumer services
c)
Personal services
d)
Producer services
e)
Public services
34.
The area surrounding a central place, from which people are attracted to use the place's goods and services (also called hinterland).
a)
Service
b)
Market area
c)
Settlement
d)
Range
e)
Sprawl
35.
The largest settlement in a country, if it has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement
a)
Megalopolis
b)
Megacity
c)
City-state
d)
Edge City
e)
Primate city
36.
Any activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it
a)
Service
b)
Market area
c)
Settlement
d)
Range
e)
Sprawl
37.
Services that primarily help people conduct business
a)
Business services
b)
Consumer services
c)
Personal services
d)
Producer services
e)
Public services
38.
A permanent collection of buildings and inhabitants
a)
Service
b)
Market area
c)
Settlement
d)
Range
e)
Sprawl
39.
Housing owned by the government; in the United States, it is rented to low-income residents, and the rents are set at 30 percent of the families' incomes.
a)
Public Housing
b)
Smart Growth
c)
Threshold
d)
Range
e)
Gentrification
40.
Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
a)
Smart Growth
b)
Threshold
c)
Range
d)
Public Housing
e)
Gentrification
41.
Services offered by the government to provide security and protection for citizens and businesses
a)
Business services
b)
Consumer services
c)
Personal services
d)
Producer services
e)
Public services
42.
The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service
a)
Service
b)
Market area
c)
Settlement
d)
Range
e)
Sprawl
43.
Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area.
a)
Service
b)
Market area
c)
Settlement
d)
Range
e)
Sprawl
44.
A pattern of settlements in a country, such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement. For example, the 3rd largest settlement is ⅓ the size of the largest settlement.
a)
Zoning Ordinance
b)
Rank-size rule
c)
Law of the Indies
d)
Enclosure movement
e)
Central Place Theory
45.
An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures.
a)
Dispersed rural settlement
b)
Clustered rural settlement
c)
Economic base
d)
Squatter Settlement
e)
Urbanized Area
46.
A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries.
a)
Rush Hour
b)
Underclass
c)
Redlining
d)
Gentrification
e)
New Urbanism
47.
The minimum number of people needed to support the service
a)
Threshold
b)
Range
c)
Smart Growth
d)
Public Housing
e)
Gentrification
48.
Services that provide goods for sale to consumers
a)
Retail services
b)
Business services
c)
Consumer services
d)
Personal services
e)
Producer services
49.
Services that diffuse and distribute services
a)
Transportation and information services
b)
Retail services
c)
Consumer services
d)
Personal services
e)
Producer services
50.
The four consecutive 15 minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic
a)
Rush Hour
b)
Underclass
c)
Redlining
d)
Gentrification
e)
New Urbanism
51.
A group in society prevented from participating in the material benefits of a more developed society because of a variety of social and economic characteristics.
a)
Rush Hour
b)
Underclass
c)
Redlining
d)
Gentrification
e)
New Urbanism
52.
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district (CBD).
a)
Sector Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Gravity Model
d)
Multiple Nuclei Model
e)
Peripheral Model
53.
In the United States, a central city plus its contiguous built-up suburbs.
a)
Dispersed rural settlement
b)
Clustered rural settlement
c)
Economic base
d)
Squatter Settlement
e)
Urbanized Area
54.
Program in which cities identify blighted inner-city neighborhoods, acquire the properties from private members, relocate the residents and businesses, clear the site, build new roads and utilities, and turn the land over to private developers.
a)
Urban Renewal
b)
Zoning Ordinance
c)
Rank-size rule
d)
Law of the Indies
e)
Enclosure movement
55.
A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
a)
Zoning Ordinance
b)
Rank-size rule
c)
Law of the Indies
d)
Enclosure movement
e)
Central Place Theory
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