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Global Cities Post learning test

Total questions: 104

Worksheet time: 2hrs 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Harper, Mia, and David are discussing how humans modify the environment. They came up with several ways. Can you identify which of these are correct? Check all that apply.

a)

Harper suggested that humans create areas that may help or harm the environment

b)

Mia pointed out that movement, location and human interaction affect the environment

c)

David believes that technology affects the environment

d)

They all agreed that transportation and infrastructures impact the environment

e)

David jokingly said that humans do not impact the environment

2.

Harper, Nora, and Arjun are part of a study group and their grades need improvement. If they need to do make up work to boost their grades, what type of assignment would they prefer?

a)

Work Sheets

b)

Special Project with Poster presentation

c)

Slide Presentation

d)

Written Essay

e)

They are confident and believe their grades are great!

3.
What concerns you at this point of the class?
4 lines
4.

Aiden, William, and Kai are planning a project on sustainable living. They are discussing the use of Natural Resources. Can you identify the Natural Resources from the options they are considering?

a)

sun

b)

Wind

c)

plants

d)

water

e)

Nuclear power

5.

Grace, Harper, and Liam are participating in a global quiz competition. One of the questions asked was, 'How many people live in global cities around the world?'

a)

1 million

b)

4 million

c)

2 Billion

d)

5 million

e)

1 Billion

6.

Liam, Avery, and Harper are participating in a quiz competition. They got a question: 'How many global cities are reported in the world?'

(a)  

7.

In the global quiz competition, Grace, Harper, and Liam were asked, 'What is the estimated population of the world in 2021?'

a)

5 Billion

b)

7.8 Billion

c)

10 Billion

d)

6.5 Billion

e)

9 Billion

8.

The next question in the global quiz competition was, 'What percentage of the world's population lives in cities?'

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

55%

d)

75%

e)

80%

9.

Grace, Harper, and Liam were then asked, 'Which city is considered the most populous city in the world?'

a)

New York

b)

Beijing

c)

Tokyo

d)

Mumbai

e)

London

10.

What goal is represented in this image?

a)

Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

b)

Sustainable Cities and Communities

c)

Climate Action

d)

Life on land

e)

Partnership for the goals

11.

What goal is represented in this image?

a)

Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

b)

Sustainable Cities and Communities

c)

Climate Action

d)

Life on land

e)

Partnership for the goals

12.

What goal is represented in this image?

a)

Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

b)

Sustainable Cities and Communities

c)

Climate Action

d)

Life on land

e)

Partnership for the goals

13.

What goal is represented in this image?

a)

Reduced Inequalities

b)

Responsible Consumption and Production

c)

Life below water

d)

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

14.

What goal is represented in this image?

a)

Reduced Inequalities

b)

Responsible Consumption and Production

c)

Life below water

d)

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

15.

What goal is represented in this image?

a)

Reduced Inequalities

b)

Responsible Consumption and Production

c)

Life below water

d)

Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

16.

What goal is represented in this image?

a)

Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

b)

Sustainable Cities and Communities

c)

Climate Action

d)

Life on land

e)

Partnership for the goals

17.

What goal is represented in this image?

a)

Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

b)

Sustainable Cities and Communities

c)

Climate Action

d)

Life on land

e)

Partnership for the goals

18.

What goal is represented in this image?

a)

Zero hunger

b)

Quality Education

c)

Clean water and sanitation

d)

Decent work and economic growth

19.

What goal is represented in this image?

a)

Zero hunger

b)

Quality Education

c)

Clean water and sanitation

d)

Decent work and economic growth

20.

What goal is represented in this image?

a)

Zero hunger

b)

Quality Education

c)

Clean water and sanitation

d)

Decent work and economic growth

21.

How many global companies are in the city? Does the city do a lot of ___ business?

a)

international

b)

companies

c)

creator

22.

Times Square in New York City ___ about 50 million people every year, including many international tourists.

a)

powerful

b)

attracts

c)

talented

23.

It has a huge variety of entertainment ___ such as movie theaters, restaurants, and shopping.

a)

options

b)

improves

c)

urban

24.

the social class whose members are neither very rich nor very poor

a)

upper class

b)

middle class

c)

entertainment

25.

If someone has ___, they have an ability that can be developed.

a)

media

b)

residents

c)

potential

26.

Which pictures show urban?

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

If you graduate from the university, you can get ___.

a)

embassies

b)

college degree

c)

powerful

28.

No ___ experience is necessary for this job.

a)

options

b)

graph

c)

previous

29.

Match the following

a)

Decline

1.

movement of industries out of a city

b)

Ecumene

2.

permanently inhabitated earth's surface

c)

Urban

3.

high # of people

d)

suburbs

4.

residential areas

e)

rural

5.

low # of people

30.

Match the following

a)

Settlement

1.

permanent human population

b)

urbanization

2.

developing towns/cities, causes & effect

c)

percent urban

3.

proportion of urban pop : rural pop

d)

suburbanization

4.

people --> suburbs

e)

reurbanization

5.

suburbs --> urban

31.

Match the following

a)

exurbanization

1.

--> rural

b)

satellite city

2.

town near big city becomes independent

c)

city-states

3.

urban center + nearby territory + ag 🏙

d)

urban hearths

4.

river valleys

e)

social heterogeneity

5.

population diversity

32.

Match the following

a)
rank size rule
1.
largest city is more than 2x than next
b)
primate city
2.
next largest city will be fractions
c)
central place theory
3.
largest city dominates the urban hierarchy
d)

central place

4.

location where people go for goods

e)

hamlet

5.

tiny community

33.

Match the following

a)

hexagon

1.

because it's the fairest shape

b)

threshold

2.

pop. required 4 a business to stay alive

c)

range

3.

how far are you willing to go 4 somethin

d)

megacity

4.

world's biggest cities (10 mil. people+)

e)

world/global cities

5.

country influence expands beyond borders

34.

What does urban growth lead to?

a)

suburbanization

b)

decline

c)

sustainability

d)

satelite city

35.
What is a city state?
a)
A city surrounded by agricultural land.
b)
A city.
c)
A city with a wall.
d)
An empire.
36.
The Sumerians believed in many gods. This is called...
a)
monotheism
b)
polygods
c)
polytheism
d)
crazy!
37.
Cuneiform is...
a)
a system of government
b)
the world's first system of writing
c)
a type of poem or story
d)
a seal
38.
The people in the region were able to water their crops by ...
a)
rain
b)
praying
c)
singing
d)
irrigation
39.
The early people of Mesopotamia invented...
a)
the wheel
b)
writing
c)
the plow
d)
all of the above
40.
The first civilization in Mesopotamia were the
a)
Babylonians
b)
Egyptians
c)
Iranians
d)
Sumerians
41.
What made Hammurabi famous?
a)
He was a powerful king who built an empire.
b)
He had some harsh laws.
c)
He conquered and enslaved the Jewish people.
d)
He created the first written laws.
42.
What continent is India in?
a)
Europe
b)
Africa
c)
Asia
d)
Australia
43.
What are two reasons we know very little about the Indus Valley Civilization?
a)
The Indus River in northern India and the Ganges in modern day Pakistan
b)
Large fortified citadels, organized well planned cities
c)
Citadels are fortified and have 40 foot walls
d)
We cannot decipher their script or written language.  Much of their civilization is buried under a water table.  
44.
Where do high mountains border northern India?
a)
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
b)
2500-1500 BCE
c)
Global climate change
d)
Himalayas and Hindu Kush
45.
What evidence suggests that Indus Valley cities were run by a strong central government?
a)
Global climate change
b)
Large fortified citadels, organzied well planned cities
c)
The Hindu Kosh Mountains, Himilayas
d)
Citadels are fortified and have 40 foot walls
46.
What is the name of the form of communication used in India?
a)
Hieroglyphics
b)
Sanskrit
c)
Cunnieform
d)
pictographs
47.

What are economic activities?

a)

rules in a game

b)

a sport

c)

how a government is run

d)

ways in which people make a living

48.

What is the definition of primary economic activities?

a)

Jobs that involve people to making things.

b)

Jobs that involve people collecting/producing natural resources

c)

Jobs that provide a service for people

d)

Research and technology

49.

What is a tertiary industry?

a)

Provides a service for people

b)

Manufactures products

c)

Collects or produces natural resources

d)

Research and technology

50.

What material do we use to make products?

a)

rescue resources

b)

capital resources

c)

human resources

d)

natural resources

51.

Overfishing has caused a reduction in many species of fish.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don’t know

52.

Which of the following is a cause of over-fishing in Ireland?

a)

Modern technology on fishing trawlers

b)

Small mesh size on fishing nets

c)

All of the above

d)

EEC/EU membership

53.

Fishing is severely restricted in Ireland's Conservation Box.

a)

False

b)

True

54.

Farming is not a primary economic activity.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

Farming can be described as a system that involves inputs, outputs and .

a)

Systems

b)

Machines

c)

Silage

d)

Processes

56.

Which of the following is an example of a farming input?

a)

Vegetables

b)

Cutting Silage

c)

Milking the cows

d)

Livestock

57.

Which of the following happen at a water treatment plant?

a)

Swimming

b)

Filtering

c)

Adding chemicals

d)

Storage

58.

The Nile River flows through which country?

a)

India

b)

Egypt

c)

Libya

d)

Germany

59.

Using resources in a way that ensures they will be there for future generations is called?

a)

Stewardship

b)

Interdependence

c)

Sustainability

d)

Over Exploitation

60.

The term used to describe water becoming heated rising where it then turns into a cloud is called

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Run off

61.

Irrigation refers to...

a)

The watering of land

b)

The natural watering of land

c)

The artificial watering of land

d)

A watering can

62.

A quota refers to...

a)

a ban of endangered fish

b)

a tax on fish

c)

a limit on the amount of fish caught

d)

the number of fish a fisherman caught

63.

Which is not a Primary Economic Activity

a)

Teaching

b)

Farming

c)

Fishing

d)

Forestry

64.

This picture shows a finite resource. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

65.

What does this picture show?

a)

A water reservoir

b)

Potable water

c)

A water treatment plant

d)

Irrigation

66.

A renewable resource can also be called a (a)   resource.

67.
Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
accumulation
d)
precipitation
68.

Uses natural resources or raw materials

a)

Primary Industry

b)

Secondary Industry

c)

Tertiary Industry

69.

ATTRACTS you to a location (it is typically something good)

a)

Push Factor

b)

Pull Factor

70.

PUSHES you away from a location (it is typically something bad)

a)

Pull Factor

b)

Push Factor

71.

DEVELOPED Countries practice which economic activities?

a)

Primary & Secondary

b)

Only Tertiary

c)

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, & Quaternary

d)

Only Quinary

72.

DEVELOPING countries practice which type of economic activities?

a)

All of them

b)

Mainly Primary & Secondary

c)

Only Quaternary

d)

Only Tertiary & Quinary

73.

Which is NOT a Pull Factor?

a)

war

b)

good weather

c)

plenty of jobs

d)

political stability

74.

Which is NOT a Push Factor?

a)

lack of jobs

b)

high crime

c)

political instability

d)

great economy

75.

People vote on issues directly or vote for representatives to make political decisions for them.

a)

Democracy

b)

Theocracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Dictatorship

76.

Supreme ruler that inherited their power

a)

Theocracy

b)

Republic

c)

Monarchy

d)

Confederation

77.

A single person exercises complete power over others. Citizens have few rights in this government system.

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Federation

78.

A government run by religious leaders, where there is no legal separation between church and state.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Theocracy

d)

Communism

79.

Classless society that abolishes private ownership

a)

Democracy

b)

Communism

c)

Monarchy

d)

Theocracy

80.

Government makes all economic decisions and owns most of the property

a)

Market Economy

b)

Command Economy

c)

Socialism

d)

Traditional Economy

81.

An economic system in which production and distribution questions are answered by prices and profits (supply & demand)

a)

Market Economy

b)

Socialism

c)

Command Economy

d)

Traditional Economy

82.

Production of goods and extraction of resources (examples: farming, mining, logging, & oil drilling)

a)

Quaternary

b)

Tertiary

c)

Secondary

d)

Primary

83.

Manufacturing, processing, & construction

a)

Secondary

b)

Tertiary

c)

Primary

d)

Quaternary

84.

Intellectual activities

a)

Tertiary

b)

Secondary

c)

Primary

d)

Quaternary

85.

The rapid spread of a city from its center is known as...

a)

New Urbanism

b)

Exurbanization

c)

Urban sprawl

d)

Urban infill

86.

The rapid spread of a city from its center is known as...

a)

New Urbanism

b)

Exurbanization

c)

Urban sprawl

d)

Urban infill

87.

Identify this model with a traditional and a colonial CBD, an informal economy zone, and informal settlements along the periphery.

a)

African City Model

b)

Latin American City Model

c)

Concentric Zone Model

d)

Middle Eastern City Model

88.

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

89.

What concept describes the process in which a wealthy family sells its house to a less-wealthy family of a different ethnic group, who then divides the house into two units?

a)

functional zonation

b)

filtering

c)

zoning

d)

urban planning

90.

According to the graph, the US would be the most likely to have...

a)

the most informal economic activity sales

b)

the most black market sales

c)

most of its paid labor reported and taxed

91.

Starting in the 1990's, a movement known as _________ began to feature mixed-use neighborhoods with businesses and residential properties, walkable areas and a variety of price ranges for homes.

a)

blockbusting

b)

gentrification

c)

leapfrogging

d)

new urbanism

92.

Goals of new urbanism inlcude (3)..

a)

increase homogeneity

b)

increase affordable housing

c)

creating lively, vibrant neighborhoods

d)

reducing urban sprawl

93.

Which of the following contributes to urban sprawl?

a)

urban infill

b)

leapfrogging

94.

Which of the following is a megacity in Southeast Asia?

a)

Beijing

b)

Sao Paulo

c)

Jakarta

d)

Tokyo

95.

Which of the following are megacities in Latin America? (3)

a)

Lima, Peru

b)

Sao Paulo, Brazil

c)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

d)

Quito, Ecuador

96.

Prosperous residential districts beyond the suburbs are known as...

a)

galactic cities

b)

exurbs

c)

suburbs

d)

inner cities

97.

Blockbusting and redlining have contributed to... in American cities.

a)

gated communities

b)

racial segregation

c)

public transportation

d)

exurbanization

98.

Real estate agents have encouraged (often) white families to sell their houses at a loss once a (often) black or latino family moves into the neighborhood in a process known as...

a)

redlining

b)

gentrification

c)

filtering

d)

blockbusting

99.

Banks might consider giving loans to those who want to purchase and improve homes in a certain urban area too risky so they may refuse loans in certain districts. This practice is known as...

a)

redlining

b)

urban redevelopment

c)

gentrification

d)

eminent domain

100.

New urbanism, smart growth and the construction of greenbelts are efforts to...

a)

combat or reduce urban sprawl

b)

industrialize LDC's

c)

encourage further urban sprawl

101.

Starting in the 1990's, a movement known as _________ began to feature mixed-use neighborhoods with businesses and residential properties, walkable areas and a variety of price ranges for homes.

a)

blockbusting

b)

gentrification

c)

leapfrogging

d)

new urbanism

102.

Goals of new urbanism inlcude (3)..

a)

increase homogeneity

b)

increase affordable housing

c)

creating lively, vibrant neighborhoods

d)

reducing urban sprawl

103.

Which of the following is a megacity in Southeast Asia?

a)

Beijing

b)

Sao Paulo

c)

Jakarta

d)

Tokyo

104.

Blockbusting and redlining have contributed to... in American cities.

a)

gated communities

b)

racial segregation

c)

public transportation

d)

exurbanization