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WorksheetsGlobal Cities
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
Who popularized the term “global city” in the 1900’s ?
Marshall Mcluhan
Saskia Sassen
Arjun Appadurai
The global city can either be a place of commerce where production, manufacturing or distribution of goods and services from the said city trade to the rest of world.
True
False
Most of today's major global cities are also world cities.
True
False
Global cities are centers of economic activity but not authority.
true
false
Global cities also have their undersides. They can be sites of great inequality and poverty as well as tremendous violence.
True
False
Check all that applies: What are the salient features of Global Cities?
International and national connectivity
International cuisine
International Culture
International Infrastructure
Global Economic and political importance
What are the challenges of Global Cities
Inequality
Resources
Technology
Environmental Threats
Governance
Check that applies: Global Cities Key indicators
· a. Skyscrapers
b. Large metropolitan area
·c. personal wealth; e.g., number of billionaires
a and b only
Reduction of green spaces with in cities is one of the ill effects of global cities.
true
false
Global Cities
Tokyo
New York
Shanghai
Melbourne
