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AP HUG Urban Development

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Neighborhoods that are dominated by one ethnic group through its commercial establishments, community artwork, or other representations of the ethnicity on the landscape.

a)

Ethnic Neighborhoods

b)

Gentrification

c)

Ghettoization

d)

Squatter Settlements

2.

Movement to residential communities, located outside of city centers as a result of the greater availability of the automobile and cheap fuel, money for new housing, the building of superhighways, and the baby boom which required bugger houses for bigger families.

a)

Blockbusting

b)

Zoning

c)

Gentrification

d)

Suburbanization

3.

European cities characterized by dense population, narrow buildings, winding streets, and an ornate church or cathedral that marks the city center.

a)

Islamic Cities

b)

Medieval Cities

c)

Colonial Cities

d)

Latin American Cities

4.

Suggests that the closer to the CBD, the higher the value of the land. Therefore only commercial enterprises can afford the land within the CBD.

a)

Urban Sprawl

b)

Gentrification

c)

Bid Rent Theory

d)

Commercialization

5.

The three most important cities in the world are...

a)

New York, Paris, and Shanghai.

b)

New York, London, and Tokyo.

c)

New York, London, and Beijing.

d)

New York, Rome, and Shanghai.

6.

The maximum distance that people are willing to travel to purchase a product or partake in a service, often depending on the particular product.

a)

Hamlet

b)

Hinterland

c)

Threshold

d)

Range

7.

According to the rank-size rule, what do we know about the population of the second largest city

a)

It is 1/3 the size

b)

It is 1/2 the size

c)

It is 1/4 the size

d)

It is roughly the same size

8.

Centers for economic, cultural, and political activity that are strongly interconnected and together control the global systems of finance and commerce.

a)

World Cities

b)

Entrepots

c)

Globalization

d)

Metropolitan Area

9.

Residential developments characterized by extreme poverty that usually exist on the outskirts of a city. These places have little or no access to publicly provided services such as water, sewage, garbage, or education, and therefore are unsanitary. Usually located in cities in developing countries.

a)

Suburbs

b)

Squatter Settlement

c)

Hamlets

d)

Villages

10.

Barrio is a Spanish word for...

a)

A sketchy neighborhood

b)

A wealthy person living in the city

c)

A Pub or Bar

d)

A small bear

11.

Where do most of the people in the United States live?

a)

Central Cities

b)

Rural Farms

c)

Metropolitan Areas

d)

Small Towns

12.

today, the greatest number of urban dwellers is found in

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

Europe

13.

The practice by real estate agents of inducing the sale of homes in specific areas by insinuating that a different race is moving into the neighborhood.

a)

Blockbusting

b)

Ethnic Neighborhoods

c)

Squatter settlement

d)

Redlining

14.

What is the name of the term that describes how a countrys second largest city is 1/2 the size of the largest and the third largest city is 1/3 the size of the largest city?

a)

Primate Rule

b)

Rank Size Rule

c)

Bid Rent Rule

d)

Redlining

15.

What does the word economic refer to?

a)

The production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services

b)

Climate change and its impact on physical geography

c)

Family structure of a particular culture in different regions of the world

d)

How big a city is

16.

the largest city in its country or region, disproportionately larger than any others in the urban hierarchy.

a)

Village

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Primate City

d)

Hamlet

17.

What is the largest city in Mexico?

a)

Leon

b)

Ciudad juarez

c)

Tijuana

d)

Mexico City

18.

How can primate cities have a positive effect on a country's economic development

a)

Large markets for goods and services

b)

Competition at a global scale

c)

Unequal distribution of wealth and/or power

d)

Brain drain — migration and unequal distribution of education, entrepreneurship, opportunities.

e)

Centralized transportation and communication network.