WorksheetsAPHG Ch. 13
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The central city and its surrounding suburbs is known as a
a)
Megalopolis
b)
Zoning Laws
c)
Urban Morphology
d)
Urban Area
2.
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)
Griffen-Ford Latin American City Model
c)
Peripheral Model
d)
Sector Model
3.
A model showing a CBD that is divided into three groups/sections: a colonial CBD, a periodic and informal market place and a traditional business center. The neighborhoods in this model are often based on ethnic connections and the periphery of the city is composed of squatter settlements due to rapid industrialization.
a)
Sector Model
b)
De Blij Sub-Saharan City Model
c)
Burgess' Model
d)
New Donut Model
4.
A ring of land maintained by parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area
a)
Greenbelt
b)
Urban Land
c)
Green Land Usage
d)
Sprawl Limitation
5.
A model of the internal structure of cities, created by Harris and Ullman, in which social groups are arranged around in a collection of nodes of activities
a)
Multiple Nuclei Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Peripheral Model
d)
Sector Model
6.
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
7.
The process of converting a neighborhood from a predominantly low-renter renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class owner-owned area
a)
Renewal
b)
Gentrification
c)
Conversion of Area
d)
Urban Renewal
8.
Which urban model best explains the spatial impact of automobiles and the construction of interstate highways on metropolitan areas in the United States?
a)
concentric ring
b)
peripheral/galactic city model
c)
sector model
d)
multiple nuclei model
9.
Squatter settlements in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) cities are usually located
a)
along major highways
b)
on the outskirts of the urban area
c)
in warehouse districts
d)
adjacent to industrial areas
10.
Large cities develop many nodes around which different types of people and activities cluster. This describes the
a)
peripheral/galactic
b)
multiple nuclei
c)
sector
d)
concentric
11.
What type of land use dominates on the periphery of the Latin American Model?
a)
squatter settlements
b)
industrial activity
c)
commerical
d)
middle class residental
12.
Young single recent college graduates who move into distressed inner city neighborhoods and refurbish their new residences would be an example of
a)
blockbusting
b)
red lining
c)
gentrification
d)
white flight
13.
A pattern of settlements in a country such that the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement and is over twice as significant.
a)
Primate City Rule
b)
Secondary City Rule
c)
Dense Cuty
d)
Dense Settlements
14.
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
15.
What promoted urbanization more than any other event?
a)
highways
b)
industrial revolution
c)
commericalization
d)
minimum wage
16.
________ is the process of settlement, formation, expansion, and change.
a)
Suburbanization
b)
Urbanization
c)
Urban Sprawl
d)
City Growth
17.
Street patterns in Medieval European cities resemble
a)
A grid pattern
b)
A chaotic, twisting layout
c)
Concentric Circles
d)
Grid system with diagonal boulevards
18.
Industries during the 1800s located near the CBD to be close to
a)
Transportation lines
b)
The expanding urban population
c)
Affordable land
d)
Low-cost storage
19.
Grid street patterns are most typical for cities in
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
20.
Inner city neighborhoods face all of the following challenges except
a)
a
lack of social and economic diversity
b)
a culture of poverty
c)
deteriorating housing
d)
increased crime
21.
Areas with low access to healthy foods are known as
a)
Ghettos
b)
Food deserts
c)
Squatter settlements
d)
Suburbs
22.
This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas
a)
urban sprawl
b)
metropolitan area
c)
rural fringe
d)
whooping cough
23.
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.
24.
Financial institutions refused to offer loans to risky neighborhoods in cities.
a)
McMansions
b)
Blockbusting
c)
Redlining
d)
Racial Steering
25.
Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
a)
Smart Growth
b)
NIMBY
c)
Zoning
d)
Redlining
26.
A mega-city is defined as
a)
a city with more than 10 million people
b)
a city with more than 20 million people
c)
a city that has global influence
d)
a city that receives more migrants than loses emmigrants
27.
Human geographers use ____ as a more precise term for "downtown."
a)
Central Business District (CBD)
b)
Urban Business District
c)
Service Business District
d)
City Business District
28.
Which is NOT a characteristic of retail services that are located in CBDs?
a)
They are consumer businesses with a high threshold
b)
They are consumer businesses with a high range
c)
They are consumer businesses who serve CBD workers
d)
They are consumer businesses that sell only expensive merchandise
29.
According to this model, a city grows in rings around the Central Business District.
a)
Concentric Zone Model
b)
Multiple Nuclei Model
c)
Sector Model
d)
Latin America Model
30.
This theory revises the Concentric Zones Model, saying that cities grow in wedges or corridors often as a result of environmental conditions.
a)
Sector Model
b)
Latin America Model
c)
Multiple Nuclei Model
d)
Islamic City Model
31.
Urban areas in the USA are divided into _____ that each contain about 5000 people, and often correspond to existing neighborhood boundaries.
a)
urban tracts
b)
subdivisions
c)
census tracts
d)
social area tracts
32.
Mexico City, once known as Tenochtitlan, is an example of a ______.
a)
global city
b)
precolonial city
c)
indigenous city
d)
nodal city
33.
As San Antonio grows, many business and consumer services, suburban neighborhoods, and manufacturing centers are located along Loops 410 and 1604. This economic and demographic pattern support the ____ Model of urbanization.
a)
Sector
b)
Concentric Zone
c)
Islamic
d)
Peripheral
34.
Urban areas that have increasingly overlapping boundaries are called _____.
a)
megacities
b)
megalopolis regions
c)
urban sprawl
d)
commuter regions
35.
This image best illustrates the _____ concept.
a)
density gradient
b)
urbanization
c)
public housing
d)
blockbusting
36.
What ONE vocab term does this RLE describe?
a)
annexation
b)
blockbusting
c)
urban sprawl
d)
counterurbanization
37.
This RLE from 2015, shows one negative effect of what geographic term?
a)
gentrification
b)
urbanization
c)
unequal GDP
d)
zoning
38.
Large single-family homes that have been converted into smaller apartments for low-income families are an _______; over time neighborhoods change from wealthy, to middle class, to low-income areas.
a)
filtering
b)
blockbusting
c)
redlining
d)
segregating
39.
Redlining most often affects
a)
inner-city neighborhoods
b)
suburban neighborhoods
40.
River Center Mall in downtown San Antonio, is an example of expanding ______ services found in many American CBDs.
a)
consumer
b)
business
c)
public
41.
All cities must balance ___ and ___ in order to prioritize infrastructure spending and meet for the needs of all residents.
a)
services and tax revenues
b)
filtering and redlining
c)
rich and poor neihborhoods
d)
urbanization and suburbanization
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