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- 1. Multiple Choice
Human geographers use ____ as a more precise term for "downtown."Central Business District (CBD)Urban Business DistrictService Business DistrictCity Business District - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich is NOT a characteristic of retail services that are located in CBDs?They are consumer businesses with a high thresholdThey are consumer businesses with a high rangeThey are consumer businesses who serve CBD workersThey are consumer businesses that sell only expensive merchandise
- 3. Multiple Choice
At what scale of analysis is this census tract map?
national
regional
state
local
- 4. Multiple ChoiceOutside of North America, _____ people live in CBDs, resulting in a wider array of consumer services for the residents.moreless
- 5. Multiple ChoiceBetween 175 million and 1 billion people live in ________, areas that have few consumer services, because neither the city nor the residents can afford them.squatter settlementsurban zonespublic housingdisamenity zones
- 6. Multiple Choice
A legally incorporated, autonomous, and self-governing urban settlement is called a ______.
census tract
city
CBD
suburb
- 7. Multiple Choice
It is s often difficult to solve regional problems/issues because _______.
local government entities are often fragmented
lack of voter turn-out
mayors are not knowledgeable about the issues
city and county services may be consolidated
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThis image best illustrates the _____ concept.density gradienturbanizationpublic housingblockbusting
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat ONE vocab term does this RLE describe?annexationblockbustingurban sprawlcounterurbanization
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThis 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 calledurban sprawlurban growthurban expansionurban footprint
- 11. Multiple ChoiceConsequences of suburbanization include...segregation of social classessegregation of ethnic groupssegregation of land usesall of these are results of suburbanization
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a true statement concerning automobiles in the USA?
Car ownership increased the rate of suburbanization.
Cars are the most common form of transportation in America.
Automobiles affect both land use and the cultural landsape of the USA.
The availability of cars has decreased the amount of consumer goods in suburbs.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThis RLE from 2015, shows one negative effect of what geographic term?gentrificationurbanizationunequal GDPzoning
- 14. Multiple Choice
The (now illegal) practice called "redlining" most often affected
inner-city neighborhoods
suburban neighborhoods
- 15. Multiple Choice
All cities must balance ___ and ___ in order to prioritize infrastructure spending and meet for the needs of all residents.
services and tax revenues
filtering and redlining
rich and poor neihborhoods
urbanization and suburbanization
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe growth of cities is called _____.distributionurbanizationintraregional migrationgentrification
- 17. Multiple ChoiceCentral Place Theory uses this shape to designate market areas...circleslineshexagonssquares
- 18. Multiple Choice
From largest to smallest the urban hierarchy of the following would go...
Hamlet, Village, Town, City
Mega-City, City, Suburb, Neighborhood
City, Town, Village, Hamlet
Town, City, Hamlet, Village
- 19. Multiple Choice
Central Place Theory states that the size of the market is based on both _______ and the ___________
hinterland/hexagonal position
range/threshold
hexagonal position/range
threshold/transportation costs
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhen establishing the relationship of larger cities to smaller ones, the pull of available services from the larger city is an example of the _____.Gravity ModelConcentric Zone ModelCentral Place TheoryLosch Model of Profitibility
- 21. Multiple Choice
USA follows this pattern!
If the 2nd largest city in a nation is approximately 1/2 the size of the largest city, the distribution of settlements is following the
Primate City Rule
Rank Size Rule
World City Rule
Gravity Rule
- 22. Multiple Choice
Paris and London are RLEs!
A large city that is several times larger than the 2nd largest city, and serves as the economic, political, and cultural center of a country is known as a
primate city
megacity
cultural nodal point
central place
- 23. Multiple Choice
What year did the world's population become more urban than rural?
1988(ish)
1998(ish)
2008(ish)
has not happened yet!
- 24. Multiple Choice
Tokyo, London and New York are _____; each has a combination of economic, informational, and social/cultural factors that result in world-wide impacts.
Alpha ++ global (world) cities
Alpha + cities
Beta cities
Gamma cities
- 25. Multiple Choice
Inner-city residents who face an unending cycle of social and economic issues are called a permanent
poor class.
underclass.
poverty class.
homeless class.
- 26. Multiple Choice
Offshore financial center provide what two important functions in the global circulation of capital?
taxes and privacy
privacy and low wage workers
English speaking workers and inexpensive land
collection of tax revenues and public record-keeping
- 27. Multiple Choice
What is NOT true about business-process outsourcing?
It is also called back office functions
Often located in countries with a high number of English-speaking workers
Wages are higher than average for their country, but lower than in MDCs
It is the same thing as offshoring and outsourcing.
- 28. Multiple Choice
San Antonio and New Braunfels with a population of over 2.5 million is classified as a ______________ , while Fredericksburg is classified as a ______________ with a population of 30,000.
metropolitan/micropolitan
micropolitan/metropolitan
- 29. Multiple Choice
This press release from (then) President-elect Biden is all about
Urban sustainability
Pushing people to move to the suburbs
creating jobs
fixing America's bridges
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of a smart growth policy for urban development?
Increasing the capacity of roads/highways
Decreasing the number or size of parks/greenspace
Increasing mixed-use land policies to combat sprawl
No longer permitting industrial zoning within city limits
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