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WorksheetsAPHG Unit 6 Cities/Urban Land Use Patterns/Processes
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 55mins
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.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
12.
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
13.
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
14.
A community's collection of basic industries
a)
Dispersed rural settlement
b)
Clustered rural settlement
c)
Economic base
d)
Squatter Settlement
e)
Urbanized Area
15.
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
16.
Metropolitan area with more than 10 million people
a)
Megacity
b)
City-state
c)
Edge City
d)
Megalopolis
e)
Primate city
17.
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
18.
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
19.
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
20.
Places where immigrants make their way into a country
a)
Gateway cities
b)
City-state
c)
Edge City
d)
Megalopolis
e)
Primate city
21.
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
22.
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
23.
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
24.
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
25.
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
26.
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
27.
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
28.
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
29.
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
30.
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
31.
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
32.
A permanent collection of buildings and inhabitants
a)
Service
b)
Market area
c)
Settlement
d)
Range
e)
Sprawl
33.
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
34.
Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
a)
Smart Growth
b)
Threshold
c)
Range
d)
Public Housing
e)
Gentrification
35.
The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service
a)
Service
b)
Market area
c)
Settlement
d)
Range
e)
Sprawl
36.
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
37.
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
38.
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
39.
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
40.
The minimum number of people needed to support the service
a)
Threshold
b)
Range
c)
Smart Growth
d)
Public Housing
e)
Gentrification
41.
Services that provide goods for sale to consumers
a)
Retail services
b)
Business services
c)
Consumer services
d)
Personal services
e)
Producer services
42.
Services that diffuse and distribute services
a)
Transportation and information services
b)
Retail services
c)
Consumer services
d)
Personal services
e)
Producer services
43.
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
44.
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
45.
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
46.
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
47.
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
48.
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
49.
Name the model
a)
The Sector Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Multiple Nuclei Model
d)
British Urban land Use Model
50.
Name the model
a)
The Sector Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Multiple Nuclei Model
d)
British Urban land Use Model
51.
Name the model
a)
The Sector Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Multiple Nuclei Model
d)
British Urban land Use Model
52.
Name this theory
a)
Rent-bid
b)
Rent to buy
c)
Bid-Rent
d)
Land value
53.
Name the model
a)
Post-Industrial American city
b)
Latin American City Model
c)
Urban density model
d)
The British concentric sector nuclei Model
54.
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
55.
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
56.
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
57.
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
58.
A model of the internal structures of cites in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district.
a)
Sector Model
b)
Multiple Nuclei Model
c)
Zone in Transition
d)
Concentric Zone Model
59.
Which of the following settlement types is likely to use the largest percentage of land space for residents?
a)
town
b)
suburb
c)
hamlet
d)
physical city
60.
Unrestricted low-density development of residential and commercial activities over a large expanse of land is
a)
sprawl
b)
edge city
c)
new urbanism
d)
smart growth
61.
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
62.
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
63.
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
64.
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
65.
The largest major population concentration of North America is
a)
from Toronto to Montreal.
b)
A. from Miami to Jacksonville.
c)
from San Diego to San Francisco
d)
from Washington D.C. to Boston.
66.
In Hoyt’s Sector Model lower income neighborhoods are usually located
a)
in a wedge that extends from the CBD to the suburbs.
b)
adjacent to the industrial and transportation corridor
c)
on the east side of the city.
d)
in the first ring around the CBD.
67.
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
68.
A pattern of settlements in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement. Developed countries tend to conform to this rule, while developing countries tend to have one primate city.
a)
Rank-Size Rule
b)
City-Size Rule
c)
City Development Rule
d)
Primate City Size Rule
69.
What geometric pattern is associated with Christaller’s Central Place Theory?
a)
square
b)
hexagon
c)
circle
d)
pentagon
70.
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.
71.
________ is the process of settlement, formation, expansion, and change.
a)
Suburbanization
b)
Urbanization
c)
Urban Sprawl
d)
City Growth
72.
What is the population of the fourth largest city in a country where the rank-size rule applies if the largest city is two million in population?
a)
250,000
b)
1,000,000
c)
500,000
d)
100,000
73.
Grid street patterns are most typical for cities in
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
74.
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
75.
Areas with low access to healthy foods are known as
a)
Ghettos
b)
Food deserts
c)
Squatter settlements
d)
Suburbs
76.
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
77.
What is the largest city in population in the world?
a)
New York
b)
Mexico City
c)
Shanghai
d)
Tokyo
78.
The central city and its surrounding suburbs is known as a
a)
Megalopolis
b)
Zoning Laws
c)
Urban Morphology
d)
Urban Area
79.
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
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