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WorksheetsAPHG Unit 6 Exam Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 37mins
The creator of the African city model
Mcgee
De Blij
Burgess
Griffith- Ford
Squatter settlements near the center of a city can be classified into what sector
Middle Class
Elitist
Disamenity
Socioeconomic
Which model/theory is most useful for describing a settlement node with a function of supporting its hinterland?
Christaller's model of central place
Core-periphery
Von Thunen's model
Rostow's model
According to the sector model, once established, the most expensive new housing is built
on the outer edge, farther out from the center
in the skyscrapers of the CBD
on the inner edge of that district, closer to the center
on outer edge of the suburban area, farther from the center
According to the multiple nuclei model, an airport is likely to attract nearby
hotels and warehouses
retail and wholesale shops
residences and highways
universities and colleges
Which urban model would best describe a city that includes edge cities along its beltways?
peripheral model
concentric zone model
multiple nuclei
sector model
Houses with small, high windows, no front yard, on dead-end streets reflect Islamic emphasis on
need for safety
high crime rate
value of privacy
lack of development
Why do many African cities contain multiple commercial districts?
Colonial CBD formed apart from traditional commerce centers
Africans were not allowed to use the CBDs used by Europeans
African urban planning promoted multiple CBDs
One CBD is not enough for Africa’s growing urban population
Homer Hoyt’s sector model is based on what fundamental principle?
Development based on the location of amenities
Development is centered on transportation routes
Development is structured around the CBD
Development is based around enterprises such as airports
What is the common characteristic in Latin American cities according to the model?
A spine of high-class housing extended from the city center
Three distinct CBDs: colonial, traditional and market zones
Dominance of the suburbs in urban growth
Favelas or squatter settlements in the interior of the CBDs
Which of John Borchert's epochs used the steam engine as their main mode of transportation?
Sail wagon epoch
Iron horse epoch
Steel rail epoch
Auto-air amenity epoch
The Latin American city model differs from the models of American cities in that
it shows different types of people live in distinctive parts of the city.
it is a simplification of urban reality.
poorer people live on the outskirts of the urban area.
it has a gentrification zone.
According to central-place theory, locations of economic activities are based on
Threshold and range
Resource inputs and markets
Core and periphery
Activity centers
Rules that govern land use in cities are known as
Plats
Site plans
Zoning ordinances
Land contracts
The process of higher-income people moving into a low- or middle-income urban neighborhood, raising property values, is called
Filtering
Zoning
Density gradient
Gentrification
A diverse, walkable, mixed-use neighborhood would most directly be a core goal of
Restrictive zoning
Gentrification
Counter-urbanization
New urbanism
Which statement comparing the use of urban transportation systems is best supported?
People in no country have placed much importance on urban public transportation
Europeans and Asians have placed about the same importance on public transportation as have people in the U.S.
People in the U.S. have placed more importance on urban public transportation than have Europeans and Asians
European and Asian urban transportation systems serve a higher proportion of residents than do systems in the U.S.
The area of a city with a high proportion of services, featuring skyscrapers and multiple transport hubs, is known as the
Commuter zone
Suburban residential zone
Central business district
Commercial spine
What is an edge city?
cities of the ancient world
a community's collection of basic industries
city currently without much population but increasing in size at a fast rate
a large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
Most important centers of economic power and wealth.
Four Asian Tigers
World Cities
Urban morphology
Primate City
the area or region around or near some place or thing
a city in which an economic transition has occurred from a manufacturing based economy to a service-based economy
the largest settlement in a country, if it has more than twice as many people as the second ranking settlement
a model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
a process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that black families will soon move into the neighborhood
Bid-rent theory
Blockbusting
Racial steering
Restrictive covenants
