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Changes in Urban Areas

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Urbanization is
a)
The process of urbaning
b)
When an increasing percentage of a country's population lives in cities
c)
When more people move from one city to another
d)
When the size of cities grow
2.

The two ways that urban areas grow are

a)

nitrogen and phospherous

b)

natural increase and migration

c)

increasing birth rates and migration

3.

Reasons for counter-urbanization include

a)

high land prices, pollution, high crime

b)

reinvestment into inner-city areas, gentrification

c)

attractions such as the olympics and new skyscapers

4.
Which is not typically features of CBD in MEDC
a)
High density of pedestrians, PLVI
b)
concentration of banks and businesses
c)
low residential areas, areas of high shopping quality
d)
low rents, poor transport links
5.
Which is NOT a strategy to increase a city's sustainablity
a)
reduce reliance on fossil fuels
b)
increase/improve greenspace
c)
increase recycling rates
d)
build more shopping malls
6.

Which city was the Burgess Model originally based on?

a)

London

b)

New York

c)

Chicago

d)

Washington D.C.

7.
Name the model
a)
The Sector Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Multiple Nuclei Model
d)
British Urban land Use Model
8.
Which of the following words BEST describes the characteristics of a city?
a)
Rural 
b)
Suburban 
c)
Urban 
9.
Wal-Mart is opening in the small town of Vado, New Mexico. This is creating over 400 jobs in the area. Population is quickly increasing. This is an example of...
a)
Urbanization
b)
Inflation
c)
Urban Center
d)
Influence
10.

Which word means outside of the city, but not all the way out in the country?

a)

urban

b)

suburban

c)

rural

11.

It is a type of settlement referring to large urban areas that sees a merging together of more than one city or with surrounding towns.

a)

Large Cities

b)

Conurbations

c)

Isolated Dwellings

d)

Villages

12.

This type of settlement pattern has a center point and develop from the middle outwards.

a)

Dispersed

b)

Nucleated

c)

Isolated

d)

Linear

13.
Which fact below supports this statement: Cities around the world are struggling with urban sprawl.
a)
A. The population of Mumbai, India, increased from 3 million in 1950 to more than 14 million in 1995.
b)
B. Together, China and India are home to 4 out of 10 of the world's people.
c)
C. Poor countries often have little control over how their cities grow.
d)
D. all of the above
14.

Which of these events had the greatest impact on the growth of cities?

a)

Construction of highways

b)

World War II

c)

The Cold War

d)

Invention of the television

15.

One advantage of gentrification is that it can revitalize a neighborhood in decline.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Gentrification

a)

Is the buying up and renovation of deteriorated urban houses and stores

b)

Creates a decrease in land value

c)

Does not affect neighborhoods that have been historically inhabited by a certain ethnic group

d)

Only happens in rural areas

17.

Land that has been used, abandoned and now awaits some new use. Commonly found across urban areas, particularly in the inner city

a)

brownfield site

b)

Dereliction

c)

Greenfield site

d)

urbanisation

18.

Abandoned buildings and wasteland.

a)

dereliction

b)

inequalities

c)

mega-cities

d)

brownfield site

19.

A plot of land, often in a rural or on the edge of an urban area that has not yet been subject to any building development.

a)

brownfield site

b)

greenfield site

c)

integrated transport system

d)

migration

20.

The process of increasing and preserving open space such as public parks and gardens in urban areas.

a)

urbanisation

b)

urban greening

c)

urban sprawl

d)

waste recycling

21.

The revival of old parts of the built‐up area by either installing modern facilities in old buildings (known as renewal) or opting for redevelopment (ie demolishing existing buildings and starting afresh).

a)

urbanisation

b)

brownfield site

c)

urban regeneration

d)

urban greening

22.

The unplanned growth of urban areas into the surrounding countryside.

a)

urban sprawl

b)

push factor

c)

green belt

d)

migration

23.

Advantages of out-of-town shopping centres

a)

More accessible than city centres, which are often congested.

b)

Large, free car parks.

c)

Larger stores - meaning there is a good range of products benefiting from economies of scale .

d)

All of the bove