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Unit 6 Test Review

Total questions: 99

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Chauncy Harris's peripheral model is focused on describing a central city in relation to

a)

surrounding edge cities

b)

surrounding rural areas

c)

manufacturing areas

d)

zones of transition

2.

Which of the following is a correct statement about megacities of the world?

a)

The largest by far is New York - Newark

b)

Most are either in North America or Europe

c)

Megacities are located in many parts of the world

d)

None are in Latin America

3.

Which of the following was one of the original urban hearth regions?

a)

the Mississippi River Valley

b)

Indus River Valley

c)

Rome

d)

France

4.

All of the following were factors that encouraged suburban growth in the United States after World War II EXCEPT:

a)

more affordable automobiles

b)

the GI Bill of Rights

c)

public transportation system that were built in most cities

d)

better roads and highways

5.

In the United States, neighborhoods are divided into areas of approximately 5,000 people that are called

a)

census tracts

b)

basic sectors

c)

complementary regions

d)

edge cities

6.

During the course of the 19th century, the growth of cities in the United States became increasingly dependent on access to

a)

navigable waterways

b)

water power

c)

shorelines

d)

railroad transportation

7.

Which of the following describes the growth of a city in a series of wedges out from the central business center?

a)

Burgess's concentric zone theory

b)

Christaller's central place theory

c)

Harris and Ullman multiple nuclei theory

d)

Hoyt's sector model

8.

Which of the following is least likely to live close to a city center?

a)

unmarried young professional

b)

young married couple without children

c)

young family with children

d)

older married couple

9.

Which of the following settlement types is likely to use the largest percentage of land space for residences?

a)

town

b)

suburb

c)

hamlet

d)

village

10.

Which of the following types of cities was created by the Industrial Revolution?

a)

city-state

b)

mercantile city

c)

manufacturing city

d)

primate city

11.

All the facilities that support basic economic activities to such a degree that a city cannot function without them is called the

a)

base ratio

b)

hierarchy of central places

c)

infrastructure

d)

urban influence zone

12.

A settlement located on a good harbor may grow _________________ through trade, causing it to climb the urban hierarchy to a more complex, larger community.

a)

politically

b)

economically

c)

social

d)

environment

13.

Collecting taxes and building fortified walls to protect the city from invaders is role taken by the

a)

merchant marines

b)

farmers

c)

government

d)

philosophers

14.

Examples of early civilizations are all the following EXCEPT

a)

Tigris and Euphrates River Valley

b)

Indus River Valley

c)

Mississippi River Valley

d)

Nile River Valley

15.

What made it possible for permanent settlement to form?

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution

c)

Green Revolution

d)

Blue Revolution

16.

Which is NOT a factor in determining which hamlets will grow into villages, villages into towns, towns into cities?

a)

Political

b)

Economic

c)

Cultural

d)

Density

17.

An urbanized area is a continuously built-up landscape of

a)

agricultural sectors

b)

buildings and populations

c)

dispersed dwells

d)

small clusters

18.

What is it called when a large number of people live in one place?

a)

social heterogeneity

b)

high density

c)

dispersed settlements

d)

metropolitan statistical area

19.

Multiple cities that have grown together are known as

a)

towns

b)

megalopolis

c)

cities

d)

hamlets

20.

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

21.

Businesses cluster around the

a)

metropolitan statistical area

b)

central business district

c)

micropolitan statistical area

d)

physical city

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

26.

McDonald's is an example of a

a)

high order good

b)

exclusive service

c)

central place

d)

low order good

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

30.

In the sector model, the shape maybe determined by

a)

the amount of immigrants living in the outer wedges

b)

environmental factors like hills or bodies of water

c)

the growth of the central business district

d)

cluster is wealthy people near the city center

31.

In European cities it is not unusual for

a)

single family homes with every large yards

b)

shops to be at the street level and apartments (homes) on upper levels

c)

wealthy people living in the suburbs

d)

urban poor living in the city center

32.

Regional problems such as traffic flow, solid waste disposal and provisions of social services can best addressed when fragmented local areas

a)

consolidate governments institutions

b)

have the federal government pass all the laws

c)

address all issues on every third even year

d)

within an urban institution they form rural councils

33.

Urban renewal programs allow governments to do all EXCEPT

a)

buy properties

b)

relocate residents and businesses

c)

build new roads and utilities

d)

allow old factories remain ungentrified

34.

Demolishing inner city houses is to renovate them is an example of

a)

gentrification

b)

gerrymandering

c)

jurisdiction

d)

possibilism

35.

Zoning ordinances encourage

a)

activities to be located all together

b)

spatial separation of land use

c)

mixed land use

d)

only gentrification

36.

Critics say that class, racial and ethnic lines are reinforced by

a)

gerrymandering

b)

zoning

c)

mixed land use

d)

rural citizenship

37.

The goal of smart growth is to produce a pattern of controlled development, which protects

a)

rural land use

b)

urban mixed landscapes

c)

gerrymandered zones

d)

suburbanization

38.

Patterns of ethnic clustering within metropolitan areas is determined by residential choice and

a)

access to high paying jobs

b)

partly by discrimination

c)

all are dispersed immigrants

d)

economic benefits of being a minority

39.

What is one way most Americans can lessen the amount of pollutions in their atmosphere?

a)

Use public transportation

b)

buy SUVs instead of cars

c)

create highways through rural areas

d)

move commuter zones into city centers

40.

Some real estate agents used scare tactics to get white neighbors to sell. This is an example of

a)

redlining

b)

greenlining

c)

blockbusting

d)

ghettoization

41.
A rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other and fields surround the settlement
a)
Dispersed rural settlement
b)
Clustered rural settlement
c)
Economic base
d)
Squatter Settlement
e)
Urbanized Area
42.
Economic theory that refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the central business district (CBD) increases.
a)
Bid Rent Curve
b)
Central Place Theory
c)
Gravity Model
d)
Peripheral Model
e)
Sector Model
43.
A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area
a)
Central place
b)
Central Business District (CBD)
c)
Urbanized Area
d)
Edge City
e)
Clustered rural settlement
44.
The change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
a)
Density Gradient
b)
Filtering
c)
Gentrification
d)
Annexation
e)
Conurbation
45.
A rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages
a)
Dispersed rural settlement
b)
Clustered rural settlement
c)
Economic base
d)
Squatter Settlement
e)
Urbanized Area
46.
A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
a)
Edge City
b)
City-state
c)
Megacity
d)
Megalopolis
e)
Primate city
47.
Metropolitan area with more than 10 million people
a)
Megacity
b)
City-state
c)
Edge City
d)
Megalopolis
e)
Primate city
48.
The process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms in England during the eighteenth century
a)
Zoning Ordinance
b)
Rank-size rule
c)
Law of the Indies
d)
Enclosure movement
e)
Central Place Theory
49.
When the urbanized areas of 2+ cities merge together through suburban growth and expansion
a)
Megalopolis
b)
Megacity
c)
City-state
d)
Edge City
e)
Primate city
50.
A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities.
a)
Sector Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Gravity Model
d)
Multiple Nuclei Model
e)
Peripheral Model
51.
A model that holds that the potential use of a service at a particular location is directly related to the number of people in a location and inversely related to the distance people must travel to reach the service
a)
Gravity Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Peripheral Model
d)
Multiple Nuclei Model
e)
Sector Model
52.
A form of growth that is designed to limit the amount of urban sprawl and preserve nature and usable farmland. Provides connection between people and businesses and are more environmental and community friendly because of their easily walkable distances and frequent encounters between citizens. Examples: Avalon Park, Celebration Florida.
a)
Filtering
b)
Gentrification
c)
Annexation
d)
Conurbation
e)
New Urbanism
53.
A ring of land maintained as parks, agricultural, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area
a)
Greenbelt
b)
City-state
c)
Edge City
d)
Megalopolis
e)
Primate city
54.
Combines elements of concentric and sector models; has a "SPINE" radiating out of the CBD around which high income groups can be found
a)
Latin American City Model
b)
Peripheral Model
c)
Concentric Zone Model
d)
Gravity Model
e)
Sector Model
55.
A model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road.
a)
Peripheral Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Gravity Model
d)
Multiple Nuclei Model
e)
Sector Model
56.
The area surrounding a central place, from which people are attracted to use the place's goods and services (also called hinterland).
a)
Service
b)
Market area
c)
Settlement
d)
Range
e)
Sprawl
57.
The largest settlement in a country, if it has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement
a)
Megalopolis
b)
Megacity
c)
City-state
d)
Edge City
e)
Primate city
58.
Any activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it
a)
Service
b)
Market area
c)
Settlement
d)
Range
e)
Sprawl
59.
Housing owned by the government; in the United States, it is rented to low-income residents, and the rents are set at 30 percent of the families' incomes.
a)
Public Housing
b)
Smart Growth
c)
Threshold
d)
Range
e)
Gentrification
60.
Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
a)
Smart Growth
b)
Threshold
c)
Range
d)
Public Housing
e)
Gentrification
61.
The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service
a)
Service
b)
Market area
c)
Settlement
d)
Range
e)
Sprawl
62.
Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built-up area.
a)
Service
b)
Market area
c)
Settlement
d)
Range
e)
Sprawl
63.

A pattern of settlements in a country, such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement. For example, the 3rd largest settlement is ⅓ the size of the largest settlement.

a)

Zoning Ordinance

b)

Rank-size rule

c)

Law of the Indies

d)

Enclosure movement

e)

Central Place Theory

64.
An area within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures.
a)
Dispersed rural settlement
b)
Clustered rural settlement
c)
Economic base
d)
Squatter Settlement
e)
Urbanized Area
65.
A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries.
a)
Rush Hour
b)
Underclass
c)
Redlining
d)
Gentrification
e)
New Urbanism
66.
The minimum number of people needed to support the service
a)
Threshold
b)
Range
c)
Smart Growth
d)
Public Housing
e)
Gentrification
67.
Services that provide goods for sale to consumers
a)
Retail services
b)
Business services
c)
Consumer services
d)
Personal services
e)
Producer services
68.
Services that diffuse and distribute services
a)
Transportation and information services
b)
Retail services
c)
Consumer services
d)
Personal services
e)
Producer services
69.
In the United States, a central city plus its contiguous built-up suburbs.
a)
Dispersed rural settlement
b)
Clustered rural settlement
c)
Economic base
d)
Squatter Settlement
e)
Urbanized Area
70.
Program in which cities identify blighted inner-city neighborhoods, acquire the properties from private members, relocate the residents and businesses, clear the site, build new roads and utilities, and turn the land over to private developers.
a)
Urban Renewal
b)
Zoning Ordinance
c)
Rank-size rule
d)
Law of the Indies
e)
Enclosure movement
71.
A law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
a)
Zoning Ordinance
b)
Rank-size rule
c)
Law of the Indies
d)
Enclosure movement
e)
Central Place Theory
72.
Name the model: Business agglomerates in the CBD, surrounding this is the zone of transition that is dominated by older housing, flats and light industry. This zone includes a large proportion of ethnic minorities. Better housing would be found further out in the suburbs. FInally, the commutor zone extended beyond the city (counterurbanisation)
a)
The Sector Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Multiple Nuclei Model
d)
British Urban land Use Model
73.

What is the core of an urban area? What surrounds it?

a)

downtown; farms

b)

central exurbs; central city

c)

central city; suburbs

d)

suburbs; CBD

74.

The dramatic rise in the # of cities over the last two centuries is known as

a)

Americanization

b)

urbanization

c)

industrialization

d)

immigration

75.

Which of the following are the basic land use patterns found in all cities?

a)

residential

b)

commercial

c)

political

d)

industrial

76.

True or False: The value of the land in the Central Business District is very low.

a)

True

b)

False

77.

Today, most of the United States and Canadian population lives in which of the following?

a)

Farming areas

b)

Metropolitan areas

c)

Rural nonfarming areas

d)

Central cities

e)

Small towns

78.

What was the main cause of the rise of urban areas in the 18th and 19th centuries?

a)

Agricultural Revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

American Revolution

d)

Green Revolution

79.

Infrastructure is not an important part of the city.

a)

True

b)

False

80.

City Planning is:

a)

The study of population characteristics

b)

The process for guiding the development of cities

c)

The study of natural land features only

d)

Developing the trade system in a city

81.

Increased temperature in a city due to generated and trapped thermal energy creates what is known as a(n)...

a)

infrastructure

b)

urban sprawl

c)

heat islands

82.

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)

83.

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)

84.

Edge cities can be found...

a)

along transportation routes of urban areas

b)

in the Central Business District (CBD)

c)

beyond the periphery of a city

d)

in rural areas past the suburbs

85.

Their headquarters, stock exchanges, and media hubs drive globalization politically, economically, and culturally

a)

metacities

b)

edge cities

c)

concurbations

d)

world cities

86.

A residential district beyond the suburbs

a)

exurb

b)

edge city

c)

boomburb

d)

urban sprawl

87.

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

88.

What concept describes the process in which a wealthy family sells its house to a less-wealthy family of a different ethnic group, who then divides the house into two units?

a)

functional zonation

b)

filtering

c)

zoning

d)

urban planning

89.

Goals of new urbanism inlcude (3)..

a)

increase homogeneity

b)

increase affordable housing

c)

creating lively, vibrant neighborhoods

d)

reducing urban sprawl

90.

Prosperous residential districts beyond the suburbs are known as...

a)

galactic cities

b)

exurbs

c)

suburbs

d)

inner cities

91.

New urbanism, smart growth and the construction of greenbelts are efforts to...

a)

combat or reduce urban sprawl

b)

industrialize LDC's

c)

encourage further urban sprawl

92.

The Griffen-Ford Model was most influenced by

a)

Spanish urban planning laws

b)

American urban planning laws

c)

Portuguese urban planning laws

d)

French urban planning laws

93.

Most Latin American cities are focused on a

a)

central plaza

b)

government housing project

c)

zone of heavy industry

d)

squatter settlement

94.

Gentrification may result in all of the following EXCEPT

a)

an increase in property values

b)

increased investment and services

c)

displacement and pricing out of original residents

d)

renewal of blighted city spaces

e)

preservation of ethnic enclaves

95.

All of these are CRITICISMS of New Urbanism EXCEPT

a)

unintentional segregation

b)

increased housing costs

c)

loss of historical character or placelessness

d)

an increase in food deserts

96.

Brownfield sites are usually

a)

Derelict land

b)

Disused

c)

In the inner city

d)

all the above

97.

Brownfield sites are

a)

cheaper to build on

b)

more expensive to build on

98.

Greenfield sites are always

a)

in the countryside

b)

in towns and villages

c)

land which has not been built on previously

99.

It is more environmentally friendly to redevelop greenfield sites than brownfield sites.

a)

True

b)

False

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