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WorksheetsUrban Geography Quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 17mins
The rapid, often unorganized, growth of a city from its center outward is often known as ___.
New Urbanism
Exurbanization
Urban sprawl
Urban infill
Starting in the 1990's, a movement known as _________ began to feature mixed-use neighborhoods with businesses and residential properties, walkable areas and a variety of price ranges for homes.
blockbusting
gentrification
leapfrogging
new urbanism
Blockbusting and redlining have contributed to ___ in American cities.
gated communities
racial segregation
public transportation
exurbanization
Real estate agents have encouraged white families to sell their houses once a minority family moves into the neighborhood in a process known as ___.
redlining
gentrification
filtering
blockbusting
This is the number of customers (or high income demand) needed to make a business profitable or allow a service, such as a post office, library, or fire hall to be offered.
Demographics
Zoning By Law
Density
Threshold Population
According to the concentric zone model, a city develops in a series of
corridors
rings
nodes
sectors
Many of the poor on the periphery of cities in less developed countries live in areas known as
squatter settlements
public housing
the zone in transition
suburbs
Why do many African cities contain multiple commercial districts?
Colonial CBD formed apart from traditional commerce centers
Africans were not allowed to use the CBDs used by Europeans
African urban planning promoted multiple CBDs
One CBD is not enough for Africa’s growing urban population
Homer Hoyt’s sector model is based on what fundamental principle?
Development based on the location of amenities
Development is centered on transportation routes
Development is structured around the CBD
Development is based around enterprises such as airports
According to the sector model, the best housing is located in
sectors throughout the urban area.
nodes near universities and parks.
renovated inner-city neighborhoods.
a corridor from downtown to the edge of the city.
The Latin American city model differs from the models of American cities in that
it shows different types of people live in distinctive parts of the city.
it is a simplification of urban reality.
poorer people live on the outskirts of the urban area.
it has a gentrification zone.
Who developed the multiple nuclei model?
Hoyt
Burgess
Griffin-Ford
Harris and Ullman
A country’s main city that is so large and influential that it dominates the rest of the country
Climate City
Primate City
Trimate City
Primitive City
Which urban model would best describe a city that includes edge cities along its beltways?
galactic model
concentric zone model
multiple nuclei
sector model
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.
Primate City Rule
Secondary City Rule
Dense Cuty
Dense Settlements
Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
Smart Growth
Green Belting
Zoning
Redlining
A city characterized by more than 10 million people is known as a
megacity
metacity
primate city
global city
A city characterized by more than 20 million people is known as a
megacity
metacity
primate city
global city
Most of the world's mega- and metacities are located in
Stage 4 countries
MDCs
the periphery and semi-periphery
the core
The type of residents who typically avoid the "zones of disamenity" include
wealthy and middle-class residents
low-income residents
immigrants
