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Cities and Urban Land Use HWG

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Site

a)

The exact location of a city

b)

The characteristics of a city

c)

an internet used by urban land developers

d)

an office

2.

Situation

a)

The exact location of a city

b)

process of becoming more urban

c)

The characteristics of a city

3.

Urbanization

a)

demolishing of buildings

b)

the characteristics of a city

c)

the process of becoming more urban

d)

The process of creating suburbs

4.

What caused the growth of suburbs after world war II?

a)

larger families

b)

economic expansion

c)

Automobile dependent society

d)

expansion of highways

5.

Tokyo is considered a

a)

town

b)

city

c)

megacity

d)

suburb

6.

This is a city with a larger and growing population.

a)

Megacity

b)

megatown

c)

megaburb

7.

is a policy and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighboring urban areas

a)

megacity

b)

squatter settlement

c)

greenbelt

d)

food-desert

8.

Identify this Urban city Model

a)

Galactic

b)

Latin American

c)

Concentric

d)

Multiple Nuclei

9.

A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings.

a)

Concentric

b)

Isalamic City

c)

Sub saharan City

d)

South East Asian

10.

A _____________ describes an urban area whose residents lack the access to fresh produce

a)

food desert

b)

urbanization

c)

sub urbanization

d)

sanitation

11.

The Mosque serves as the center of what urban city model?

a)

Sub saharan City

b)

Latin American City

c)

Islamic/Middle Eastern City

d)

Galactic City

12.

Identify the correct Urban city model

a)

East Asian

b)

Galactic

c)

Multiple Nuclei

d)

Vance's Urban Realms model

13.

Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River Valley, Northern China, and MesoAmerica are considered the 5 (a)   hearths

14.

The periphery of a city is usually ____

a)

The most advanced

b)

the least developed

c)

Not developed

d)

in between most developed and the least developed.

15.

Suburbanization is _______________

a)

the decentralization of a city

b)

Isolated communities

c)

the establishment of residential areas on the outskirts of the city

16.

this picture is an example of a ___________

a)

urban sprawl

b)

central business district

c)

a rural landscape

17.

Identify the correct urban city model

a)

Islamic Model

b)

Latin American Model

c)

South East Asian Model

d)

Multiple Nuclei Model

18.

What purpose do world cities serve?

a)

A city which is a primary node in the social network

b)

A city which is a primary node in political network.

c)

A city which is a primary node in Economic network.

19.

Identify the correct urban city model.

a)

South East Asian Model

b)

Galactic city model

c)

Hoyt sector model

d)

Latin American Model

20.

A model of the internal structure of cities, created by Harris and Ullman, in which social groups are arranged around in a collection of nodes of activities

a)

Hoyt Sector Model

b)

Concentric Model

c)

Multiple Nuclei Model

d)

Vance's Urban Realms Model

21.

Identify the correct name of this picture.

a)

Central Place Theory

b)

Hoyt Sector Model

c)

Urban City Model

22.

When the fundamental goods of social life do not exist, for example family. This is known as _________________

a)

the zone of disamenity

b)

the zone of abandonment

c)

the zone of urban renewal

d)

the zone of injustice.

23.

The Urban Hierarchy ...

a)

Ranks each city based on the size of it's population.

b)

Ranks each city based on the size of its CBD.

c)

Ranks each city based on the size of its economy.

d)

Ranks each city based on the size of its infrastructure.

24.

In the Latin American City Model, what type of land use is common the outskirts of the city?

a)

the CBD

b)

High class residential

c)

Squatter Settlements

d)

Middle Class Residential

25.

________________ refers to the volume of trade between two countries is proportional to their economic mass and a measure of their relative trade frictions.

a)

Central Place Theory

b)

Hoyt city Model

c)

The Gravity Model

d)

a Primate city

26.

Low residential areas which develop without the legal consent are known as...

a)

suburbs

b)

exburbs

c)

CBD

d)

squatter settlements

27.

_____________ the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.

a)

Urbanization

b)

Centralization of the Business District

c)

Globalization

28.

The process of converting a neighborhood from a predominately low-renter occupied area to predominately middle class owner-owned area.

a)

Renewal

b)

Gentrification

c)

Conversion Area

d)

Urban Renewwal

29.

Annexation is

a)

The process of a city legally adding more land.

b)

The process of unincorporated area legally defining its boundaries.

c)

The process of wealthy individuals settling into neighborhoods near the cbd.

d)

The process of removing underclass residents from inner city neighborhoods.

30.

All of the following describe edge cities except

a)

They are more convenient places of employment for newer suburban communities.

b)

they make it easier for traffic planners to design mass transit systems.

c)

other uses such as shopping malls and apartment complexes are also present.

d)

they typically are located at the intersections of highways,

31.

Sub urbanization causes cities to lose populations to surrounding areas, leading to

a)

intense building in inner cities

b)

decentralization of the urban sprawl

c)

shift from manufacturing economy to service economy.

d)

Congestion and racial tension

32.

Which model describes being surrounded by edge cities?

a)

Concentric

b)

Central Place Theory

c)

Urban Realms

d)

Hoyt Model

33.

Which Theory states that the price for space increases the closer you move to the CBD?

a)

Central Place Theory

b)

Big Rent Theory

c)

Concentric Zone Model

d)

Urban Growth Theory

34.

What are Favelas an example of

a)

Gentrification

b)

Commercial

c)

Disamenity Sector

d)

Zone in Situ Accrection

35.

Who created this Model?

a)

Harris

b)

Harris and Ullman

c)

Hoyt

d)

Burgess

36.

Which city is an example of this model?

a)

Kuwait

b)

Rio de Janeiro

c)

Nairobi

d)

Shanghai

37.

Poor families tend to be dispersed to suburbs in European Cities.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Edge cities are associated with the concentric model.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Hoyt's sector model focuses on..

a)

shopping

b)

transportation

c)

airports

d)

the CBD

40.

This type of service facilitates the activities of other businesses?

a)

Public and semi-public services

b)

Business Services

c)

Consumer Services

d)

Secondary

41.

The Central Business District (CBD) is also oftentimes known as

a)

Downtown

b)

Suburb

c)

Uptown

d)

Rural Area

42.

 A model of the internal structures of cites in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district.

a)

Sector Model

b)

Concentric Model

c)

Multiple Nuclei Model

d)

South East Asian Model

43.

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

a)

town

b)

hamlet

c)

suburb

d)

Physical city

44.

Large cities develop many nodes around which different types of people and activities cluster. This describes the

a)

Multiple Nuclei Model

b)

Concentric Model

c)

Galactic Model

d)

Urban Realms Model

45.

The urban hierarchy of settlements goes from metropolis > city > town > village > hamlet (largest > smallest)

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Asian cities tend to be located port sites. 

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Which is the world's largest megalopolis?

a)

London/Surrey/Manchester

b)

Tokyo/Yokohama/Kawasaki

c)

Boston/NYC/Washington

d)

Paris/Provence/LeHavre

48.

Who created this Urban Model?

a)

Burgess

b)

Ullman

c)

Hoyt

d)

MCGEE

49.

Which city is an example of this Urban Model?

a)

Rio de Janeiro

b)

Detroit

c)

Shanghai

d)

Nairobi

50.

 Which Urban Model has a spine?

a)

Sector Model

b)

Latin American Model

c)

Islamic City Model

d)

Southeast Asian City Model

51.

What promoted urbanization more than any other event?

a)

Highways

b)

Commercialization

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Minimum Wage

52.

Sail and Wagon (1790-1830) >Iron Horse Epoch (1830-1870)> The Steel Rail Epoch (1870-1920) and the Auto Air Amenity Epoch (1920-current) These Four Stages are known as Borchert's Four Epochs of Urbanization.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

The Primate City is the dominant city among a country's urban areas.

a)

True

b)

False