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AP Human Geo Urban Challenges Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The rapid spread of a city from its center is known as...

a)

New Urbanism

b)

Exurbanization

c)

Urban sprawl

d)

Urban infill

2.

Identify this model with a traditional and a colonial CBD, an informal economy zone, and informal settlements along the periphery.

a)

African City Model

b)

Latin American City Model

c)

Concentric Zone Model

d)

Middle Eastern City Model

3.

Which urban model would best describe a city that includes edge cities along its beltways?

a)

galactic city

b)

sector

c)

multiple city

d)

Griffen-Ford

4.

What concept describes the process in which a wealthy family sells its house to a less-wealthy family of a different ethnic group, who then divides the house into two units?

a)

functional zonation

b)

filtering

c)

zoning

d)

urban planning

5.

According to the graph, the US would be the most likely to have...

a)

the most informal economic activity sales

b)

the most black market sales

c)

most of its paid labor reported and taxed

6.

Starting in the 1990's, a movement known as _________ began to feature mixed-use neighborhoods with businesses and residential properties, walkable areas and a variety of price ranges for homes.

a)

blockbusting

b)

gentrification

c)

leapfrogging

d)

new urbanism

7.

Goals of new urbanism inlcude (3)..

a)

increase homogeneity

b)

increase affordable housing

c)

creating lively, vibrant neighborhoods

d)

reducing urban sprawl

8.

Which of the following contributes to urban sprawl?

a)

urban infill

b)

leapfrogging

9.

Which of the following is a megacity in Southeast Asia?

a)

Beijing

b)

Sao Paulo

c)

Jakarta

d)

Tokyo

10.

Which of the following are megacities in Latin America? (3)

a)

Lima, Peru

b)

Sao Paulo, Brazil

c)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

d)

Quito, Ecuador

11.

Prosperous residential districts beyond the suburbs are known as...

a)

galactic cities

b)

exurbs

c)

suburbs

d)

inner cities

12.

Blockbusting and redlining have contributed to... in American cities.

a)

gated communities

b)

racial segregation

c)

public transportation

d)

exurbanization

13.

Real estate agents have encouraged (often) white families to sell their houses at a loss once a (often) black or latino family moves into the neighborhood in a process known as...

a)

redlining

b)

gentrification

c)

filtering

d)

blockbusting

14.

Banks might consider giving loans to those who want to purchase and improve homes in a certain urban area too risky so they may refuse loans in certain districts. This practice is known as...

a)

redlining

b)

urban redevelopment

c)

gentrification

d)

eminent domain

15.

New urbanism, smart growth and the construction of greenbelts are efforts to...

a)

combat or reduce urban sprawl

b)

industrialize LDC's

c)

encourage further urban sprawl