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Site and situation of Cities Quiz

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
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1.

1. Which term refers to cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants (but less than 50,000), which include the county in which they are located, and surrounding counties with a high degree of integration?

a)

Micropolitan statistical area

b)

Suburb

c)

Exurb

d)

City

e)

City-state

2.

Which of the following describes city-states?

a)

A large heterogeneous state with various nations of people within it.

b)

A continuous collection of adjacent cities that spread over a wide area.

c)

A nodal region with more than 10,000 people but fewer than 50,000

d)

A place where people come together to build a nucleated, clustered settlement.

e)

A political unit consisting of one urban center and its surrounding villages.

3.

The original urban hearths originated near which landform?

a)

Mountains

b)

Lakes

c)

rivers

d)

Plateaus

e)

Grasslands/savannas

4.

Which of the following is NOT an accurate pairing of the urban hearth and its present-day country or region?

a)

Tigris-Euphrates: Mesopotamia

b)

Huang-He flood plain: China

c)

Indus River Valley: Pakistan

d)

Lake Victoria: Mesoamerica

e)

Nile River Valley: Egypt

5.

The shaded areas show the municipality of Los Angeles and several other municipalities such as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Pasadena that are all connected to L.A. and partake in a high degree of social and economic integration with L.A., but are separate municipalities. Which of the following BEST describes this urban area?

a)

Metropolitan area

b)

City-state

c)

City

d)

Urban hearth

e)

Micropolitan Statistical Area

6.

Monaco, Vatican City and Singapore are…

a)

Located in Southeast Asia

b)

Modern city-states

c)

Medieval Italian city-states

d)

Vast empires

e)

From the Mesopotamian urban hearth

7.

Which of the following statements correspond to Indonesia’s demographics?

a)

It follows the rank-size rule.

b)

It likely has a unitary system of government and is less developed.

c)

It likely has a federal system of government and is well developed.

8.

Based on the graph to the right, which of the following statements could be made about the United States?

a)

NYC is its primate city.

b)

The populations of US cities fall under rank-size distribution.

c)

Most of the US’ largest cities are located in the South.

d)

The US lacks a primate city.

e)

There are several city-states within the continental US.