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Urban Model Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which city model is this?

a)

Burgess Concentric Zone Model

b)

Hoyt's Sector Model

c)

Ullman's Multi Nuclei Model

d)

:Latin American City Model

2.

Which city model is this?

a)

Burgess Concentric Zone

b)

Hoyt's Sector Model

c)

Ulman's Multi-nuclei Model

d)

Latin American City Model

3.

Which city model is this?

a)

Burgess Concentric Zone Model

b)

Hoyt's Sector Model

c)

Ullman's Multi Nuclei Model

d)

Latin American City Model

4.

Which statement about about European Cities is not true?

a)

Poor people tend to be concentrated in the urban center

b)

Large skyscrapers are found outside of the old city center

c)

They are older than american cities, and Europeans seek to protect the historical look of their cities.

5.

What is meant by range as it relates to central place theory?

a)

The number of people needed to make a business viable in a location.

b)

The distance between other similar business..

c)

The distance people will travel for a good or service.

d)

The time it takes for products to be shipped from the store to the consumer.

6.

What is the shape that Central Place Theory uses to define the market area of a good or service?

a)

Circle

b)

Square

c)

Hexagon

d)

Rectangle

7.
Name the model
You have a commercial and Industrial spine. The commercial spine is surrounded by elite residential. A zone of maturity surrounds the CBD, with older housing mixed with new. The outskirts are the periferico where the poorest people live. 
a)
Post-Industrial American city
b)
Latin American City Model
c)
Urban density model
d)
The British concentric sector nuclei Model
8.

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)

9.

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

10.

Urban model with a ring of suburbs & edge cities with suburban nodes of office & retail jobs

a)

Metrourbia

b)

Urban realm

c)

Sector Model

d)

Concentric zone

11.

What new technology made the urban fringe possible and allowed people to commute to the city from the suburbs?

a)

Sidewalks

b)

Horse and buggy

c)

The car

d)

Elevators

12.

What model is this?

a)

African urban model

b)

Asian Urban Model

c)

Latin American Urban Model

d)

Concentric Zone Model

13.

What model is this?

a)

African Urban Model

b)

SE Asian Model

c)

Latin American Urban Model

d)

Sector Zone Urban Model

14.

A continuous urban complex in the NE of the US from DC to Boston is called a ___.

a)

Micropolitan statistical area

b)

Core-Based Statistical Area

c)

Concentric Zone Model

d)

Megalopolis

15.
The minimum number of people needed to support a business is called the
a)
range
b)
threshold
c)
bid rent
d)
radius
16.

A pattern of settlements in a country such that the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement and is over twice as significant.

a)

Primate City Rule

b)

Rank Size Rule

c)

Central Place Theory

d)

Gravity Model

17.
A pattern of settlements in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement. Developed countries tend to conform to this rule, while developing countries tend to have one primate city.
a)
Rank-Size Rule
b)
City-Size Rule
c)
City Development Rule
d)
Primate City Size Rule
18.
According to the classic bid-rent curve, what happens to the value of land as one gets closer to the Central Business District (CBD)?
a)
Land gets used more extensively.
b)
Land gets more expensive.
c)
Land gets used less intensively.
d)
Land gets more affordable along busy streets.
19.
A mega-city is defined as
a)
a city with more than 10 million people
b)
a city with more than 20 million people
c)
a city that has global influence
d)
a city that receives more migrants than loses emmigrants
20.

A city with more than 20 million people is known as a ___.

a)

Metacity

b)

Megacity

c)

Primate City

d)

World City

21.

School, sewers, roads, and power plants are all examples of this essential element of modern life

a)

Factories

b)

Urban Renewal

c)

Carrying Capacity

d)

Infrastructure

22.

The relative location of a city refers to its

a)

site.

b)

situation.

c)

genealogy of development.

d)

approximate latitude and longitude.

23.

An Urban area has a lot of people, buildings, and usually traffic from cars or bicycles.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

American cities throughout history have tended to be influenced by and located near what? (U5)

a)

Transportation and trade routes

b)

Dry, desert areas to avoid flooding

c)

Northern locations for snow

25.

The picture below of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is a good example of which of the following? (U5)

a)

Megalopolis

b)

Urban Sprawl/Urbanization

c)

Dispersed Settlement patterns

d)

Edge Cities