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Urban Land Use

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which zone of the city are land prices the highest?

a)

CBD

b)

Low Class Housing (Inner City)

c)

Middle Class Housing (Suburbs)

d)

High Class Housing (Rural-Urban Fringe)

2.

In which zone of the city would you see the most green space?

a)

CBD

b)

Low Class Housing (Inner City)

c)

Middle Class Housing (Suburbs)

d)

High Class Housing (Rural-Urban Fringe)

3.

In which zone of the city do most families live in semi-detached housing.

a)

CBD

b)

Low Class Housing (Inner City)

c)

Middle Class Housing (Suburbs)

d)

High Class Housing (Rural-Urban Fringe)

4.

Which zone of the city is often situated next to industry and factories?

a)

CBD

b)

Low Class Housing (Inner City)

c)

Middle Class Housing (Suburbs)

d)

High Class Housing (Rural-Urban Fringe)

5.

A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor

a)

Threshold

b)

Urbanization

c)

Hinterland

d)

Slum

6.

A process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that black families will soon move into the neighborhood

a)

Blockbusting

b)

Ghetto

c)

Range

d)

Slum

7.

During the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure

a)

Primate city

b)

Range

c)

Slum

d)

Ghetto

8.

Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries

a)

Urbanization

b)

Counterurbanization

c)

Hinterland

d)

Primate city

9.

the area surrounding a central place, from which people are attracted to use the place's goods and services

a)

Primate city

b)

Hinterland

c)

Range

d)

Threshold

10.

the largest settlement equaling twice the amount of the next largest city, the third largest equaling 1/3 the amount of the largest, etc..

a)

Blockbusting

b)

Hinterland

c)

Rank-size rule

d)

Urbanization

11.

Marketing services use WHAT to map different people in certain areas?

a)

Address

b)

Zip code

c)

Survey

d)

Demographics

12.

Which places usually have a low range?

a)

Sport stadiums

b)

Concert venues

c)

Restaurants

d)

Amusement parks

13.

How does the expansion of urban development into rural areas affect natural populations in the environment?

a)

Resources available to the natural populations will decrease.

b)

The biodiversity of the natural populations will increase.

c)

The amount of area available to producers will increase.

d)

Death rates of the natural populations will decrease.

14.

Which term is used to describe low density, automobile-dependent community development that is associated with land use that has a negative impact?

a)

urban coalition

b)

urban homesteading

c)

urban planning

d)

urban sprawl

15.

According to the sector model, once established, the most expensive new housing is built

a)

on the outer edge, farther out from the center

b)

in the skyscrapers of the CBD

c)

on the inner edge of that district, closer to the center

d)

on outer edge of the suburban area, farther from the center

16.

According to the multiple nuclei model, an airport is likely to attract nearby

a)

hotels and warehouses

b)

retail and wholesale shops

c)

residences and highways

d)

universities and colleges

17.

Many of the poor on the periphery of cities in less developed countries live in areas known as

a)

squatter settlements

b)

public housing

c)

the zone in transition

d)

suburbs

18.

Houses with small, high windows, no front yard, on dead-end streets reflect Islamic emphasis on

a)

need for safety

b)

high crime rate

c)

value of privacy

d)

lack of development

19.

According to the multiple nuclei model, what develops at the outskirts of core cities?

a)

Airports

b)

Edge cities

c)

World cities

d)

First-ring suburbs

20.

Which urban model includes nodes such as a port, a university, an airport and a park?

a)

sub-saharan African city model

b)

concentric zone model

c)

multiple nuclei

d)

sector model

21.

A common characteristic of all three models of urbanization

a)

CBD is always in the middle

b)

none of them include a suburb

c)

immigrants live in single-family dwellings

d)

working class homes located farthest from the CBD

22.

Which is NOT a factor that influences the internal cities?

a)

Accessibility and the high cost of accessible spaces

b)

Transportation

c)

Societal and cultural needs

d)

agricultural production

23.

The three models within your textbook are all based on which US city?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Chicago

c)

New York City

d)

Miami

24.

The ____________________ model has rings that represent its growth patterns.

a)

von Thuenen

b)

E.W. Burgess - Concentric Zone

c)

Ullman and Hoyt - Sector

d)

Harris and Ullman - Multiple Nuclei

25.

In the Concentric Zone Model, which zone has middle - class residences, either single-family homes or high-rent apartments.

a)

Zone One

b)

Zone Two

c)

Zone Three

d)

Zone Four

26.

Heavy manufacturing would be located closest to ___________ in the Multiple Nuclei Model

a)

Central Business District

b)

Outlying Business District

c)

Low-Class Residential

d)

Middle Class Residential

27.

When a census is taken and they ask about your social class, age and marital status, gender, race and ethnicity. These characteristics can be mapped and studied. This study is called

a)

social area analysis

b)

zone area analysis

c)

interdependent system analysis

d)

city center analysis

28.
What is the best title for the chart in this image?
a)
Food Sustainability
b)
Food Deserts
c)
Food Inequality
d)
Food Distribution
29.
Which is NOT a correct statement concerning the Latin American cities model?
a)
Infrastructure is more developed close to the city's canter and spine.
b)
The wealthy live in the city center and along the spine.
c)
The disamenity zones are home to the poorer residents.
d)
Economic and cultural amenities are located within the spine.
30.
Urban areas in the USA are divided into _____ that each contain about 5000 people, and often correspond to existing neighborhood boundaries.
a)
urban tracts
b)
subdivisions
c)
census tracts
d)
social area tracts
31.
Urban areas that have increasingly overlapping boundaries are called _____.
a)
megacities
b)
megalopolis regions
c)
urban sprawl
d)
commuter regions
32.
One reason it is often difficult to solve regional problems/issues is _______.
a)
local government entities are often fragmented
b)
lack of voter turn-out
c)
mayors are not knowledgeable about the issues
d)
city and county services may be consolidated
33.
This image best illustrates the _____ concept.
a)
density gradient
b)
urbanization
c)
public housing
d)
blockbusting
34.
Which of the following is NOT a true statement concerning automobiles in the USA? 
a)
Rapid rates of suburbanization relied on car ownership.
b)
Cars are the most common form of transportation in America.
c)
Automobiles affect both land use and the cultural landsape of the USA.
d)
The availability of cars has decreased the amount of consumer goods.
35.

The graph above shows the percent change in price of various types of food from 1985 to

2014. All of the bars below zero represent a fall in price, while the bars above zero represent

price increase. How does the information in the graph support the political cartoon?

a)
b)

B. The price of fresh food has increased leaving those in poverty less able to afford them

c)

C. The price of unhealthy food as increased and Americans on average are more wealthy

d)

D. Poverty in the rest of the world means no food while poverty in America means no money

36.

Through 1934 - 1968 how many home loans were given to White families vs non-White families

a)

2% White vs 98% non-White

b)

20% White vs 80% non-White

c)

50% White vs 50% non-White

d)

98% White vs 2% non-White

37.

Why did the government begin the practice of redlining?

a)

It understood that it could make more money off interest rates from people who took longer to pay back their loans.

b)

It wanted a discreet way to keep certain racial groups out of certain neighborhoods because it was worried about raced-based conflicts.

c)

It was biased against certain groups of people form racially segregated neighborhoods who it did not believe would be able to repay their loans.

d)

It was worried about the housing boom in urban areas and wanted to slow down the rapidly growing homeownership occurring throughout the country.

38.
City governments can prevent suburban sprawl by designating areas of mandatory open space called:
a)
dormitory suburbs.
b)
public housing.
c)
greenbelts.
d)
squatter settlements.
39.
A legal form of segregation in U.S. cities is achieved through:
a)
blockbusting.
b)
filtering.
c)
zoning ordinances.
d)
busing.
40.

Identify this model with a traditional and a colonial CBD, an informal economy zone, and informal settlements along the periphery.

a)

African City Model

b)

Latin American City Model

c)

Concentric Zone Model

d)

Middle Eastern City Model

41.

Which urban model would best describe a city that includes edge cities along its beltways?

a)

galactic city

b)

sector

c)

multiple city

d)

Griffen-Ford

42.

Which of the following is a megacity in Southeast Asia?

a)

Beijing

b)

Sao Paulo

c)

Jakarta

d)

Tokyo

43.

Airports, roads, docks, railways, taxis, and intracity transit systems are all examples of a cities

a)

primary sector

b)

secondary sector

c)

infrastructure

d)

environmental determinism

44.

Banks, post offices, hotels, cable networks, television and radio stations and communication companies are all examples of

a)

economic infrastructure

b)

transportation infrastructure

c)

government institutions

d)

primary sector

45.

What did the United States do to encouraged car ownership?

a)

lowered automobile cost

b)

publicly supported electronic vehicles

c)

blocked car manufactures from outside the US.

d)

funded road building

46.

Check all those that apply. Describe the characteristics of the slum shown above.

a)

The slum is made from flimsy material. During natural disasters, the house will collapse easily.

b)

The slum is located at an unsuitable site. This made the residents who are staying there unsafe.

c)

There is a lack of waste disposal system, hence causing the place to be polluted.

d)

The slum is in a dense and disorderly manner. In the case of a fire, this will make escaping very difficult.

47.

One of our nation's leading producer of steel.

a)

New York

b)

Chicago

c)

Atlanta

d)

New Orleans

48.

It's area known as Manhattan is a worldwide center of finance, advertising and entertainment.

a)

New York

b)

Chicago

c)

Atlanta

d)

New Orleans

49.

Large city along the Mississippi River.

a)

New York

b)

Chicago

c)

Atlanta

d)

New Orleans

50.

Mumbai is also known as the __________________ capital of India.

a)

Alpha world city

b)

Economic

51.

Metropolitan statistical area is a(n)

a)

urbanized area of at least 50,000 people

b)

urban cluster of 10,000 to 50,000 people

c)

small scale functional entity

d)

social and economic town

52.

A clustering of tall office buildings, shopping malls, and apartment complexes at the intersection of major interstate highways is called

a)

Suburban sprawl

b)

Urban sprawl

c)

Suburban densification

d)

Edge cities

53.

According to the classic Bid-Rent Curve, what happens to the value of land as one gets closer to the CBD?

a)

Land gets more affordable

b)

Price of land is not affected

c)

Land gets used less intensively

d)

Land gets more expensive

54.

"White Flight" in the 1950S is most associated with what?

a)

Blockbusting

b)

Redlining

c)

Filtering

d)

Gentrification

55.

Central Place Theory is associated with:

a)

Threshold and filtering

b)

Range and filtering

c)

Threshold and range

d)

Range and zoning ordinances

56.

What are the 3 most important cities in the world?

a)

New York, Paris, Shanghai

b)

New York, London, Tokyo

c)

New York, London, Beijing

d)

New York, Paris, Tokyo

57.

A primate city is when the largest city in a country is __________ the size of the next largest city

a)

Twice

b)

Triple

c)

Half

d)

Quadruple

58.

The map above highlights which of the following terms in red?

a)

world cities

b)

inner cities

c)

dispersed rural settlements

d)

edge cities

e)

micropolitian areas

59.

The transcontinental railroad linked these two parts of the United States?

a)

east to west

b)

north to south

c)

white and Native American

d)

Canada and Mexico

60.

A person who usually travels to work/school by train or bus is called...

a)

a commuter

b)

a passenger

c)

an aisle

d)

a subway