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APHUG Unit 6

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Human geographers use ____  as a more precise term for "downtown."
a)
Central Business District (CBD)
b)
Urban Business District
c)
Service Business District
d)
City Business District
2.
Which is NOT a characteristic of retail services that are located in CBDs?
a)
They are consumer businesses with a high threshold
b)
They are consumer businesses with a high range
c)
They are consumer businesses who serve CBD workers
d)
They are consumer businesses that sell only expensive merchandise
3.
What is the best title for the chart in this image?
a)
Food Sustainability
b)
Food Deserts
c)
Food Inequality
d)
Food Distribution
4.
Which is NOT a correct statement concerning the Latin American cities model?
a)
Infrastructure is more developed close to the city's canter and spine.
b)
The wealthy live in the city center and along the spine.
c)
The disamenity zones are home to the poorer residents.
d)
Economic and cultural amenities are located within the spine.
5.
According to this model, a city grows in rings around the Central Business District.
a)
Concentric Zone Model
b)
Multiple Nuclei Model
c)
Sector Model
d)
Latin America Model
6.
This theory revises the Concentric Zones Model, saying that cities grow in wedges or corridors often as a result of environmental conditions.
a)
Sector Model
b)
Latin America Model
c)
Multiple Nuclei Model
d)
Islamic City Model
7.
Urban areas in the USA are divided into _____ that each contain about 5000 people, and often correspond to existing neighborhood boundaries.
a)
urban tracts
b)
subdivisions
c)
census tracts
d)
social area tracts
8.
Outside of North America, _____ people live in CBDs, resulting in a wider array of consumer services for the residents.
a)
more
b)
less
9.
Between 175 million and 1 billion people live in ________, areas that have few consumer services, because neither the city nor the residents can afford them.
a)
squatter settlements
b)
urban zones
c)
public housing
d)
disamenity zones
10.
Mexico City, once known as Tenochtitlan, is an example of a ______.
a)
global city
b)
precolonial city
c)
indigenous city
d)
nodal city
11.

As San Antonio grows, many business and consumer services, suburban neighborhoods, and manufacturing centers are located along Loops 410 and 1604. This economic and demographic pattern support the ____ Model of urbanization.

a)

Sector

b)

Concentric Zone

c)

Islamic

d)

Peripheral

12.

A legally incorporated, autonomous, and self-governing urban settlement is called a ______.

a)

census tract

b)

city

c)

CBD

d)

suburb

13.
Urban areas that have increasingly overlapping boundaries are called _____.
a)
megacities
b)
megalopolis regions
c)
urban sprawl
d)
commuter regions
14.
This image best illustrates the _____ concept.
a)
density gradient
b)
urbanization
c)
public housing
d)
blockbusting
15.
This map shows the amount of land that has been converted from farmland to residential use. This unchecked spread of residential areas beyond city limits is called
a)
urban sprawl
b)
urban growth
c)
urban expansion
d)
urban footprint
16.
Consequences of suburbanization include... 
a)
segregation of social classes
b)
segregation of ethnic groups
c)
segregation of land uses
d)
all of these are results of suburbanization
17.
Which of the following is NOT a true statement concerning automobiles in the USA? 
a)
Rapid rates of suburbanization relied on car ownership.
b)
Cars are the most common form of transportation in America.
c)
Automobiles affect both land use and the cultural landsape of the USA.
d)
The availability of cars has decreased the amount of consumer goods.
18.
This RLE from 2015, shows one negative effect of what geographic term?
a)
gentrification
b)
urbanization
c)
unequal GDP
d)
zoning
19.
Large single-family homes that have been converted into smaller apartments for low-income families are an _______; over time neighborhoods change from wealthy, to middle class, to low-income areas.
a)
filtering
b)
blockbusting
c)
redlining
d)
segregating
20.
Redlining most often affects
a)
inner-city neighborhoods
b)
suburban neighborhoods
21.
Inner-city residents  who face an unending cycle of social and economic issues are called a  permanent
a)
poor class.
b)
underclass.
c)
poverty class.
d)
homeless class.
22.

River Center Mall in downtown San Antonio, is an example of expanding ______ services found in many American CBDs.

a)

consumer

b)

business

c)

public

23.

All cities must balance ___ and ___ in order to prioritize infrastructure spending and meet for the needs of all residents.

a)

services and tax revenues

b)

filtering and redlining

c)

rich and poor neihborhoods

d)

urbanization and suburbanization

24.

sector of an economy making direct use of natural resources.

a)

primary sector

b)

tertiary sector

c)

quinary sector

d)

quaternary sector

25.

sector that covers the manufacturing of goods in the economy, including the processing of materials produced by the primary sector.

a)

primary sector

b)

quaternary sector

c)

tertiary sector

d)

secondary sector

26.

sector of an economy, encompassing medical providers, educators, financial services, haircuts, and personal trainers, among many others.

a)

tertiary sector

b)

primary sector

c)

secondary sector

d)

quaternary sector

27.

a country with a lot of industrial activity and where people generally have high incomes

a)

Less Developed Country

b)

Undeveloped Country

c)

More Developed Country

28.

a country that does not have a lot of industrial activity and where people have low incomes

a)

More Developed Country

b)

Less Developed Country

c)

Smedium Developed Country

29.

Based on the chart, France is considered a country that follows

a)

Central Place Theory

b)

Von Thunen Model

c)

Hoteling Effect

d)

Primate City Rule

e)

Rank City Rule

30.

The following chart is an example of

a)

Central Place Theory

b)

Von Thunen Model

c)

Concentric Zone

d)

Latin American Urban Model

e)

Multiple Nuclei Model

31.

Which of the following statements is true about food deserts?

a)

Food deserts are determined by the amount of soil that can be used for agriculture in a given area

b)

Food deserts are determined by the access to food in a desert

c)

Food deserts are determined by the carbohydrate to protein ratio in food sold in stores in a given area

d)

Food deserts are determined by the availability of fresh and healthy food in an area

e)

Food deserts are determined by the distance someone would have to travel to find food in the desert

32.

Which of the following scenarios is best explained by the concept of range in Christaller’s central place theory?

a)

A major department store opens in a small town because the town does not have any major retailers competing for business.

b)

A consumer purchases gasoline at the nearest town but travels to the nearest city to purchase a new car.

c)

A high rate of rural-to-urban migration occurs in a developing country as people seek jobs in cities.

d)

A consumer purchases a home in the suburbs rather than in the nearest city because the cost of land is lower in the suburbs.

e)

A tech company is headquartered in a more developed country, but its customer service center is located in a less developed country.

33.

Which of the following is a primary characteristic of world cities?

a)

They are capital cities in their respective countries and centers of political power.

b)

They are financially and politically connected to global markets and drive the process of globalization.

c)

They are located in the interiors of their respective countries and require sophisticated transportation networks.

d)

They have political dominance within their respective regions and are former centers of colonial power.

34.
Which of the following is the best example of Outsourcing? 
a)
An El Salvadorian immigrant illegally immigrates to the USA to find work
b)
An American Tech Company fires it's American Employees and hires people in Bangladesh to do the same job for 1/4 the cost 
c)
A European worker moves to the USA and gets a high paying job at a tech company. 
d)
An American company decides to change it's steel contracts from Japanese companies to Chinese companies 
35.

What is the process of settlement formation, expansion and change called?

a)

Urbanization

b)

City growth

c)

Urban decay

d)

Suburbanization

36.

The differences between urban and rural areas include social heterogeneity, large size, and:

a)

Low density

b)

Crime rate

c)

High density

d)

Poverty rate

37.

A clustering of tall office buildings, shopping malls, and apartment complexes at the intersection of major interstate highways is called

a)

Suburban sprawl

b)

Urban sprawl

c)

Suburban densification

d)

Edge cities

38.

When a low-income neighborhood becomes more expensive to live in and forces the current residents out, this is known as

a)

Redlining

b)

Blockbusting

c)

Gentrification

d)

Smart growth

39.

According to __________________________ , the two largest cities in a country will have the most interaction between them

a)

Gravity Model

b)

Sector Model

c)

Central Place Theory

d)

Multiple Nuclei Model

40.

Mixed-use development, pedestrian-friendly design, and the incorporation of front porches and alleys are design elements of which of the following?

a)

Zero growth

b)

Transit-oriented development

c)

Urbanization

d)

New Urbanism

41.

Unrestricted low-density development of residential and commercial activities over a large expanse of land

a)

New Urbanism

b)

Sprawl

c)

Smart growth

d)

Transit oriented development

42.

Inner city challenges fall into three basic categories:

a)

Economic, social, environmental

b)

Economic, physical, environmental

c)

Social, physical, environmental

d)

Economic, social, physical

43.

Squatter settlements dominate the periphery of what model?

a)

Latin American

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

North America

44.

Large cities develop many nodes around which different types of people and activities cluster

a)

Peripheral Model

b)

Multiple Nuclei Model

c)

Sector Model

d)

Concentric Zone Model

45.

A bank would be ____________ if they refused to grant loans to customers in certain urban areas

a)

Blockbusting

b)

Filtering

c)

Redlining

d)

Ghettoization

46.

According to the classic Bid-Rent Curve, what happens to the value of land as one gets closer to the CBD?

a)

Land gets more affordable

b)

Price of land is not affected

c)

Land gets used less intensively

d)

Land gets more expensive

47.

"White Flight" in the 1950S is most associated with what?

a)

Blockbusting

b)

Redlining

c)

Filtering

d)

Gentrification

48.

Central Place Theory is associated with:

a)

Threshold and filtering

b)

Range and filtering

c)

Threshold and range

d)

Range and zoning ordinances

49.

Overlapping Metropolitan Statistical Areas eventually lead to megalopolis or:

a)

Primate city

b)

Micropolitan Statistical Area

c)

Conurbanization

d)

Suburbs

50.

The physical qualities of the original location for a city

a)

Situational characteristics

b)

Absolute location

c)

Relative location

d)

Site characteristics

51.

A primate city is when the largest city in a country is __________ the size of the next largest city

a)

Twice

b)

Triple

c)

Half

d)

Quadruple

52.

What is used to determine the geographical extent of influence for an urban area in the U.S.?

a)

Metropolitan Statistical Areas

b)

Micropolitan Statistical Area

c)

Census blocks

d)

Census tracts

53.

The most practical definition for an urban area is:

a)

The central city and the continuously developed area

b)

The central city and the land area inside the adjacent counties

c)

The central city and its surrounding suburbs

d)

The central city and its neighboring municipalities