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Cities and Urban Land Use Section 4

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Roads, railroads, sea traffic, and air transportation are all ways in which some cities have created areas where

a)

people tend to move away

b)

major routes converge

c)

major agricultural centers exist

d)

all people bring their food supplies.

2.

The production of goods and services for sale outside the city is an example of a

a)

quinary sector

b)

tertiary sector

c)

basic sector

d)

quaternary sector

3.

Goods and services for the inside city itself is an example of

a)

non-basic sector

b)

primary sector

c)

tertiary sector

d)

quinary sector

4.

This is what happens when the basic sector employment is accompanied by a larger share of nonbasic workers.

a)

multiplier effect takes place

b)

population move to the suburbs

c)

cities begin to decline

d)

small companies go out of business

5.

Urban hierarchy places a ______________ as the area was the least influence

a)

city

b)

village

c)

hamlet

d)

town

6.

Which is the correct order in which these forms of transportation changed cities from oldest to newest?

a)

auto-air sail wagon, iron horse, steel rail

b)

sail wagon, iron horse, steel rail, auto-air

c)

steel rail, iron horse, sail wagon, auto-air

d)

iron horse, steel rail, sail wagon, auto-air

7.

The theories of settlement geography are

a)

Hoyt and Ullman

b)

rank-size rule and central place theory

c)

Weber's Least Cost Theory and Christaller's Central Place Theory

d)

Thomas Malthus and Ester Boserup

8.

What shape is best for the covering a market center so that the central place has maximize accessibility?

a)

circle

b)

square

c)

hexagon

d)

rectangle

9.

The San Antonio Spurs have a fairly large

a)

city

b)

hinterland

c)

basketball team

d)

hamlet

10.

McDonald's is an example of a

a)

high order good

b)

exclusive service

c)

central place

d)

low order good