WorksheetsHow well do you know 6.1?
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
When it comes to the information in 6.1, The Origin and Influences of Urbanization, I ______________.
feel pretty confident with the information.
feel somewhat confident with the information.
feel like I do not understand any of the information.
Site includes all of these factors EXCEPT______.
climate
quality of soil
population density
availability of water
All of the following were crucial to the emergence of the first cities EXCEPT
a system for food storage and distribution
an agricultural surplus
separation of the ruling system and the religious system
a system for food storage and distribution
Today, the greatest number of urban dwellers is found in
Asia
Europe
North America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Since 1960 Brazil, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Tanzania have relocated their capital cities . Which of the following statements about the new locations is true for all five countries?
A more central location was chosen
A militarily strategic location was chosen
An ethnically mixed location was chosen
A coastal location was chosen
Historically, the growth of North American suburbs was most constrained by
housing shortages
zoning ordinances
cultural preferences
limited transportation
Prior to 1850 the location of all major North American cities was related, chiefly, to the presence of
defensive sites
transcontinental highways
railroad junctions
navigable waterways
An example of an important physical site characteristic is a
major airport
natural harbor
public sports facility
grid street pattern
Which of the following was NOT a reason for rapid suburbanization in the United States after the Second World War?
Mass production of the automobile
Availability of low down payment terms and long-term mortgages
Expansion of the interstate highway system
Reduction in long-distance commuting
Which of the following best explains why countries such as Brazil, Burma (Myanmar), Kazakhstan, and Nigeria would construct a new capital city in a different location from the old capital city?
To be better protected from foreign invasion
To distance the new capital cities from the countries' colonial histories
To build modern, planned cities and administrative centers
To attract world trade to a new site
The development of high-speed rail lines, highways, and communications systems has created cities that seem to be apart from traditional central-place hierarchies because they have developed complementary functions. Which of the following is an example of these so-called network cities?
Moscow-St. Petersburg-Kiev
Hong Kong-Shanghai-Beijing
Tokyo-Osaka-Nagasaki
Cleveland-Toledo-Chicago
What is a common impact of urbanization regardless of a country’s level of economic development?
Urbanization creates a labor force with a diversity of job skills and compensation levels.
Urbanization leads to a more egalitarian society as the difference between urban and rural lifestyles is reduced.
Urbanization means a loss of agricultural production due to the loss of farmland and farmworkers.
Urbanization creates socially and economically diverse cities that have little social conflict.
After taking this checkpoint quiz I _______________.
feel more confident about my knowledge of the information in 6.1.
feel less confident about my knowledge of the information in 6.1.
feel about the same as when I started the checkpoint.
