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Characterizing and Defining Cities pt 1 & 2

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Have distinct cultural (heterogeneity), economic, demographic, political characteristics.

a)

Cities

b)

Trading Centers

c)

Market

d)

Hotels

2.

 In the past, they are usually market or trading centers, and focal points from public administration of the state’s citizens.

a)

Cities

b)

Towns

c)

Rural Areas

d)

Hotels

3.

City Characteristics:
- Choose 1 that is NOT in the PRIMARY characteristic of a city

a)

Size and Density

b)

Full-time specialization

c)

Concentration of Surplus

d)

State Organization

e)

Monumental Public Works

4.

City Characteristics:
- Choose 1 that is NOT in the PRIMARY characteristic of a city

a)

Size and Density

b)

Full-time specialization

c)

Class-structured society

d)

State Organization

e)

Transportation

5.

City Characteristics:
- Choose 1 that is NOT in the SECONDARY characteristic of a city

a)

Monumental Public Works

b)

Long-distance trade

c)

Standardized monumental artworks

d)

Writing

e)

Communication

6.

City Characteristics:
- Choose 1 that is NOT in the SECONDARY characteristic of a city

a)

Monumental Public Works

b)

Long-distance trade

c)

Standardized monumental artworks

d)

Arithmetic, geometry, astronomy

e)

Environmental Considerations

7.

Different views in defining/characterizing Cities

state of mind, a body of customs and traditions, a society of formal relations rather than a folk community.

a)

Cultural

b)

Economic

c)

Political

d)

Demographic

e)

Ecological

8.

Different views in defining/characterizing Cities

A place where more than half of the labor forces is engaged in non-agricultural work; or a site where there is a bulk of processing and services.

a)

Cultural

b)

Economic

c)

Political

d)

Demographic

e)

Ecological

9.

Different views in defining/characterizing Cities

The site of certain administrative functions; where governance is done.

a)

Cultural

b)

Economic

c)

Political

d)

Demographic

e)

Ecological

10.

Different views in defining/characterizing Cities

A place where certain number of people, with a certain density live.

a)

Cultural

b)

Economic

c)

Political

d)

Demographic

e)

Ecological

11.

Different views in defining/characterizing Cities

A place where the environment is modified to fit and enhance the living conditions of the inhabitants.

a)

Cultural

b)

Economic

c)

Political

d)

Demographic

e)

Ecological

12.

"A city is the people, resources, leaders and structures"

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Christopher Morley

d)

Walt Whitman

e)

Anonymous

13.

"A great city is that which has the greatest men and women"

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Christopher Morley

d)

Walt Whitman

e)

Anonymous

14.

"All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim."

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Christopher Morley

d)

Walt Whitman

e)

Anonymous

15.

"A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one"

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Christopher Morley

d)

Walt Whitman

e)

Anonymous

16.

"The city is what it is because our citizens are what they are"

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Christopher Morley

d)

Walt Whitman

e)

Anonymous

17.

City Characteristics:
- Choose 1 that is NOT in the OTHERS characteristic of a city

a)

Size and Density

b)

Transportation

c)

Communication

d)

Environmental Considerations

18.

Early Civilizations Characteristics:

Ideologies of progress - Taxation

a)

Centralization

b)

Domestication

c)

Specialization

19.

City Classification:
min. population of 200,000 and latest annual income of PhP50 million (33)

a)

Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs)

b)

Independent Component Cities (ICCs)

c)

Component Cities

20.

City Classification:
cities whose charters prohibit their voters from voting for provincial elective officials

a)

Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs)

b)

Independent Component Cities (ICCs)

c)

Component Cities

21.

City Classification:
which do not meet the requirements for HUCs and ICCs (108).

a)

Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs)

b)

Independent Component Cities (ICCs)

c)

Component Cities

22.

Early Civilizations Characteristics:

Supremacism - Farming

a)

Centralization

b)

Domestication

c)

Specialization

23.

Early Civilizations Characteristics:

Monumental Architecture - Expansionism

a)

Centralization

b)

Domestication

c)

Specialization

24.

– amenities that contributes to quality of urban life.

a)

Networks

b)

Buildings

c)

Open Spaces

25.

the most visible part of a city.

a)

Networks

b)

Buildings

c)

Open Spaces

26.

WHAT?

a)

YES

b)

NO

27.

WHAT?

a)

YES

b)

NO

28.

WHAT?

a)

YES

b)

NO

29.

WHAT?

a)

YES

b)

NO

30.

WHAT?

a)

YES

b)

NO

31.

WHAT?

a)

YES

b)

NO

32.

WHAT?

a)

YES

b)

NO

33.

WHAT?

a)

YES

b)

NO

34.

WHAT?

a)

YES

b)

NO

35.

WHAT?

a)

YES

b)

NO

36.

array of pathways to carry flows of people, goods, water, energy, and information.

a)

Networks

b)

Buildings

c)

Open Spaces

37.

economic advantage of an increasing rate of output of a single production unit (farm, firm, factory)

a)

Internal Economy of Scale

b)

Agglomeration Economies

c)

Urban Economies

38.

savings derived from the geographic activities of the same type/category.

a)

Internal Economy of Scale

b)

Agglomeration Economies

c)

Urban Economies

39.

savings derived from the concentration of various types of economic activities

a)

Internal Economy of Scale

b)

Agglomeration Economies

c)

Urban Economies

40.

Monitor their performance and assess the state of development for the purpose of influencing local and national decisions or actions essential in the provision of quality basic services to the constituents, and in addressing development gaps in the locality

a)

LGUs

b)

DILG

c)

Other Users

41.

Link the information generated from the system to Department plans and programs that impact on local governments as it pursues its mandate of supporting the capacity development of LGUs towards self-governance, and development and its administrative oversight role in advancing in the interest of public accountability.

a)

LGUs

b)

DILG

c)

Other Users

42.

(i.e.,other National Government Agencies (NGAs), Development Institutions, Investors, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Academe and the General Public - to facilitate research and the pulling of information about local governments as inputs to development studies, policy or project development

a)

LGUs

b)

DILG

c)

Other Users

43.

agriculture, mining, forestry, fishery

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

44.

industries, manufacturing, construction

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

45.

retail, wholesale, finance, professional services, business, repair services

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

46.

information processing services, tourism

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

47.

A diagnostic tool by LGU officials to assess the competitiveness of their city or municipality and identify areas for improvement and collaboration. Data provide insight for policy making, development planning and investment promotion.

a)

Public Sector

b)

Private Sector

c)

Academe

48.

A guide in deciding where to locate. Data on the different indicators will prove valuable depending on the specific needs of their business.

a)

Public Sector

b)

Private Sector

c)

Academe

49.

A general picture of Philippine cities and municipalities may be used by the academe, civil society and even tourists as a take-off point for further research.

a)

Public Sector

b)

Private Sector

c)

Academe

50.

that of or pertaining to a city; structures and ways of life that are characteristics of cities and/or living in a city.

a)

Urban

b)

Metropolis/Metropolitan

c)

Megalopolis

51.

(areas) region (from the Greek “mother city”) – a big city, in most cases with at least 1M inhabitants. A relatively large area that could have formed through the gradual expansion of the urban core.

a)

Urban

b)

Metropolis/Metropolitan

c)

Megalopolis

52.

an extended metropolitan area, or a chain of roughly continuous metropolitan areas. Coined by geographer Jean Gottman, 1915-1994.

a)

Urban

b)

Metropolis/Metropolitan

c)

Megalopolis

53.

a term coined in 1915 by Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist/botanist (1854-1932) to describe a builtup area created by the coalescence of once a separate urban settlements. It is nowadays often used to describe multi-nodal functional urban units.

a)

Conurbation

b)

Megacity

c)

World City/Global City

54.

a city with a direct and tangible effect on global affairs by socio-economic means; it may have been coined, or at least used by American sociologists and economists.

a)

Conurbation

b)

Megacity

c)

World City/Global City

55.

- urban development with more than 10M inhabitants. Metro Manila, an agglomeration of 17 cities with 11.5M population (2007 census) is a megacity by UN definition.

a)

Conurbation

b)

Megacity

c)

World City/Global City

56.

Large number of people requires some form of (a)  

57.

_______ __________ are requirements approved by laws to guide physical development in a particular area at a particular time or the minimum standard required to achieve benefits for public;

(a)  

58.

three pillars of sustainability?

____, ______, and ______

(a)  

59.

Conurbation - a term coined in 1915 by ______ __________, Scottish biologist/botanist (1854-1932) to describe a builtup area created by the coalescence of once a separate urban settlements. It is nowadays often used to describe multi-nodal functional urban units.

(a)  

60.

 A self-assessment, management and development tool that will enable LGUs to determine their capabilities and limitations in the delivery of essential public services.

[LGPMS]

(a)  

61.

MEGALOPOLIS - an extended metropolitan area, or a chain of roughly continuous metropolitan areas. Coined by geographer _____ _______, 1915-1994.

(a)  

62.

(a)   is a term commonly used in the UK, and its former colonies in place of cities.

63.

(a)   (COUNTRY) – areas outside the poblacion.

64.

(amended RA 7160 by increasing the income requirements)

(a)  

65.

(a)   leading to development of technology, science and wide variety of institutions

66.

The competitiveness is focused on the idea of (a)   .

67.

 An annual ranking of Philippine cities and municipalities developed by the National Competitiveness Council through the Regional Competitiveness Committees (RCCs) with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development.

CMCI

(a)  

68.

“Almost everything matters for competitiveness – schools, roads, financial markets, the consumer.” - M P

(a)  

69.

(a)   may be created in other areas in order to exchange agricultural goods.

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