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WorksheetsAPHG Exam Review Units 6-7
Total questions: 81
Worksheet time: 27mins
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
A location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another.
Maquiladora
Break-of-bulk point
Bulk-gaining industry
Site factors
An industry in which the final product weighs more or comprises a greater volume than the inputs.
Bulk-gaining industry
Neoliberal industries
Bulk-reducing industry
Complementarity
An industry in which the final product weighs less or comprises a lower volume than the inputs.
Just-in-time delivery
Bulk-gaining industry
Bulk-reducing industry
Complementarity
A form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to preform repeatedly
Post-Fordist production
Break-of-bulk
Maquiladora Production
Fordist Production
A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.
New international division of labor
Break of bulk points
NAFTA
Industrial Revolution
Shipment of parts and materials to arrive at a factory moments before they are needed
Just-in-time delivery
Labor-intensive industry
Just-in-case delivery
Bulk-reducing industry
Transfer of some types of jobs, especially those requiring low-paid, less-skilled workers, from more developed to less developed countries.
Multiplier Effect
Agglomeration
Industrialization
New International Division of Labor
Russia,Ukraine and Eastern Asia
The five stages of growth experienced by countries who ascribe to the international trade approach to economic development; namely, traditional society, preconditions for take-off, take-off, drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption.
Rostow's Stages of Growth Model
Wallerstein's World Systems
Demographic Transition Model
Development Transition Model
government subsidies.
raw materials
water transportation.
labor markets
Situation costs are critical to a firm that wishes to
avoid skilled laborers.
minimize production costs inside the plant.
minimize transport costs.
identify unique characteristics of a particular industry.
Why are the Maquiladora factories in Mexico close to the border? Pick all that apply:
Where the best resources are
The geography is best there
Easy to ship in and out of the US
NAFTA allows for free trade between the US and Mexico
According to Alfred Weber's Least Cost Theory, which one of the following costs of production is the most important factor in locating a new industry?
Labor
Transportation
Raw Materials
Agglomeration Costs
Targets generally have Best Buys, TJ Maxx, Grocery stores & Petsmarts near them. This is known as what?
Multiplier effect
Export processing zones
Quinary
4-drive to maturity
Quinary
GNI per capita
Newly Industrialized Countries
Rostow's theory of development
International Monetary Fund
ASEAN
Which statistic tells you how much money a country makes?
HDI
PPP
GNI
WTO
Because Coca Cola is a Bulk Reducing Industry
Because Coca Cola invests in many countries around the world
Because Coca Cola is one of the most famous Maquiladoras
A company faces 2 geographic costs- __________ in which a firm seeks to reduce the cost of transporting inputs to factories and finished products to market; and _______ which firms seek a location with unique characteristics
situation factors; site factors
Input factors; output factors
site factors; situation factors
bulk-gaining factors; bulk reducing factors
Tertiary
Which sector has grown the fastest in developed countries?
primary
secondary
tertiary
None
Which level of economic development In Rostow are countries where people are beginning to move from rural to urban areas in search of factory jobs?
Traditional society
Preconditions to Takeoff
Takeoff
High mass consumption
The Industrial Revolution
was geographically dispersed evenly
was a transformation that only effected transportation
is a term commonly used to define a process that began in Eastern Europe
was a gradual diffusion of new ideas and techniques
first developed in the United States
The European Union has most benefited its member nations by
reducing barriers to trade and travel
sharing expense of a common defense
promoting the use of a common language
providing funds and materials for education
Which of the following is an accurate description of a shift in industry that is taking place today?
shift from eastern Europe to western Europe
shift from eastern US to southern/western US
shift from southeast Asia to Japan
shift from southern/western US to eastern US
When a pre-existing institution, such as a university or hospital, attracts and drives further investment and development in that area.
Multiplier effect
Economies of scale
Growth poles
Agglomeration
If there is a large gap between a country's HDI and their IHDI, it tells us that...
There is a thriving middle class
There is a large amount of inequality, probably a very small middle class
There is very little inequality
The country is probably not producing many finished products
A low GII (gender inequality index) is
A good thing
A bad thing
Which of the following is NOT part of what is used to calculate HDI?
GII
Typical years of schooling
GDP per capita
Life expectancy
