WorksheetsAP HuG Unit 6 Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the process of settlement formation, expansion and change called?
Urbanization
City growth
Urban decay
Suburbanization
The differences between urban and rural areas include social heterogeneity, large size, and:
Low density
Crime rate
High density
Poverty rate
A clustering of tall office buildings, shopping malls, and apartment complexes at the intersection of major interstate highways is called
Suburban sprawl
Urban sprawl
Suburban densification
Edge cities
When a low-income neighborhood becomes more expensive to live in and forces the current residents out, this is known as
Redlining
Blockbusting
Gentrification
Smart growth
According to __________________________ , the two largest cities in a country will have the most interaction between them
Gravity Model
Sector Model
Central Place Theory
Multiple Nuclei Model
Mixed-use development, pedestrian-friendly design, and the incorporation of front porches and alleys are design elements of which of the following?
Zero growth
Transit-oriented development
Urbanization
New Urbanism
Unrestricted low-density development of residential and commercial activities over a large expanse of land
New Urbanism
Sprawl
Smart growth
Transit oriented development
Inner city challenges fall into three basic categories:
Economic, social, environmental
Economic, physical, environmental
Social, physical, environmental
Economic, social, physical
Which of the following is a challenge inner city neighborhoods face?
A declining underclass
Lack of social and economic diversity
A growing housing stock
Culture of poverty
The recent trend of metropolitan residents moving to rural areas and small towns is referred to as
Out-migration
Interregional migration
Intraregional migration
Incorporation
Squatter settlements dominate the periphery of what model?
Latin American
Europe
Africa
North America
Large cities develop many nodes around which different types of people and activities cluster
Peripheral Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
Sector Model
Concentric Zone Model
In Hoyt's Sector Model, what is usually located adjacent to the industrial and transportation corridor?
Gated Communities
Central Business District (CBD)
Higher income neighborhoods
Lower income neighborhoods
According to the classic Bid-Rent Curve, what happens to the value of land as one gets closer to the CBD?
Land gets more affordable
Price of land is not affected
Land gets used less intensively
Land gets more expensive
A bank would be ____________ if they refused to grant loans to customers in certain urban areas
Blockbusting
Filtering
Redlining
Ghettoization
"White Flight" in the 1950S is most associated with what?
Blockbusting
Redlining
Filtering
Gentrification
Central Place Theory is associated with:
Threshold and filtering
Range and filtering
Threshold and range
Range and zoning ordinances
What are the 3 most important cities in the world?
New York, Paris, Shanghai
New York, London, Tokyo
New York, London, Beijing
New York, Paris, Tokyo
Large cities are economic hubs with radiating connections for commerce according to:
Burgess Model
Von Thunen's Model
Central Place Theory
Peripheral Model
Overlapping Metropolitan Statistical Areas eventually lead to megalopolis or:
Primate city
Micropolitan Statistical Area
Conurbanization
Suburbs
What is the population of the third largest city in a country where the rank-size rule applies if the largest city is 100,000 in population?
30,000
33,000
33,333
40,000
The physical qualities of the original location for a city
Situational characteristics
Absolute location
Relative location
Site characteristics
A primate city is when the largest city in a country is __________ the size of the next largest city
Twice
Triple
Half
Quadruple
What is used to determine the geographical extent of influence for an urban area in the U.S.?
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Micropolitan Statistical Area
Census blocks
Census tracts
The most practical definition for an urban area is:
The central city and the continuously developed area
The central city and the land area inside the adjacent counties
The central city and its surrounding suburbs
The central city and its neighboring municipalities
