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AP Human Geography Unit 7 Seven Test Survival Mode
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which phrase best describes the urban central business district shown in the photograph
An European CBD that mixes low-rise historic buildings with new skyscrapers
A Latin American CBD that mixes traditional markets with modern high-rises
An European suburban CBD with high-rise residential buildings and high-population
An African colonial CBD with broad avenues, large homes, and administrative centers
A North American CBD near the city's center, offering commercial space, parking, and transportation.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which best provides a general explanation of functional zonation?
Urban areas pass laws to define how property in specific areas can be used in order to separate commercial and residential spaces
A city is made up of a series of rings that surrounds the central business district each having a different function
Different portions of an urban area have specific and separate purposes, which fit together to create the entirety of the city
In cities around the world, residential areas are based on ethnicity, and cities are thus divided into ethnic enclaves
An urban area's inner city has its highest population density, and population density declines in areas farther from the city.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which urban model would best describe a city that includes edge cities along its beltways
galactic city
concentric zone
multiple-nuclei
sector
Griffen-Ford
- 4. Multiple Choice
Houses with small, high windows and no front yards,situated on dead-end streets, are common in Islamic cities. These characteristics might reflect Islamic emphasis
the need for safety
the high crime rate
the value of privacy
the power of the government
the lack of development
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why do many African cities contain multiple commercial districts?
Colonial central business districts emerged separately from the traditional commercial centers.
Africans were traditionally not allowed to use the central business districts used by Europeans
African governments promoted multiple central business districts through urban planning
One central business district is not enough to serve Africa's fast-growing urban population
Locations of Africa's business districts were poorly chosen, requiring multiple downtowns
- 6. Multiple Choice
What feature of many large Latin American cities is illustrated by Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma, a wide avenue lined with trees, tall office buildings, and mansions?
the disamenity zone
the periférico
the favelas
the commercial spine
the zone in transition
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which best explains why European central business districts have largely resisted the construction of skyscrapers and the resulting impressive skylines that typify American cities?
competition for valuable commercial space is not as keen in European cities as it is in the United States
European culture prefers lower buildings and has negative attitudes toward commercialism and skyscrapers
The centers of European cities contain many historically significant buildings that leaders choose to preserve
The EU regulates the height of buildings and has forbidden tall buildings because of safety concerns
European cities tend to have stronger mass transit systems, so people do not need to be as concentrated in CBDs.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What concept describes the process of when a wealthy family sells its house to a less-wealthy family of a different ethnic group, who then divides the house into two units?
Functional Zonation
Filtering
Zoning
Urban Planning
Density Gradients
- 9. Multiple Choice
According to central-place theory, locations of economic activities are based on
Threshold and range
Resource inputs and markets
Core and periphery
Activity centers
- 10. Multiple Choice
Rules that govern land use in cities are known as
Plats
Site plans
Zoning ordinances
Land contracts
- 11. Multiple Choice
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
- 12. Multiple Choice
A diverse, walkable, mixed-use neighborhood would most directly be a core goal of
Restrictive zoning
Gentrification
Counter-urbanization
New urbanism
- 13. Multiple Choice
The revival of downtown nightlife and an increase in street lighting are methods used by city governments primarily to
Deter criminal activity
Generate tax revenue during evening hours
Decrease traffic congestion during the day
Reduce the effects of exurbanization
- 14. Multiple Choice
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.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which model of urban development argues that cities feature several nodes of activity (housing, employment, etc.)?
Multiple nuclei
Concentric zone
Sector
Galactic
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which model of urban development best describes Latin American cities, which feature a commercial 'spine' near the CBD?
Multiple nuclei
Concentric zone
Sector
Galactic
- 17. Multiple Choice
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
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following countries would LEAST likely follow the rank-size rule?
United States
Germany
Argentina
Japan
Italy
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is paired INCORRECTLY?
Consumer services = department stores, teachers
Business services = banking, real estate
Public services = local, state, and federal employees
Consumer services = lawyers, engineers
Business services = trucking, warehousing
- 20. Multiple Choice
The oldest area of a city would be found in
The zone of transition
the industrial zone
the CBD
the zone of gentrification
the suburbs
- 21. Multiple Choice
In cities outside the US more people live
in the agricultural zone
in the manufacturing zone
in the suburbs
in rural areas
in the CBD
- 22. Multiple Choice
Why are industrial and residential activities discouraged in the CBD
Low labor cost and unskilled labor
Low retail threshold and poor accessibility
High land rent and land shortage
Poor visibility and lack of services
Lack of land available for new industries
- 23. Multiple Choice
Outlying areas that function as consumer and business centers are known as
squatter settlements
Edge Cities
Suburbs
villages
boroughs
- 24. Multiple Choice
Urban areas in the US are divided by
The Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Urban Planning
the Census Bureau
the Population Reference Bureau
the World Health Organization
- 25. Multiple Choice
What is not normally found in a CBD in Europe
industrial factories
cathedral
large numbers of residences
royal palaces
public squares and private gardens
- 26. Multiple Choice
A precolonial Muslim city was laid out around
a palace and armory
a mosque and a Medinah
a cathedral and a plaza
public squares and private gardens
citadel and an inner city
- 27. Multiple Choice
What is the name for a squatter settlement in Latin America
Kampongs
Barong-barong
Barriadas and favelas
The hood and the ghetto
Bustees
- 28. Multiple Choice
Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, what was the center of the Aztec Empire
Quetzalcoatl
Zocalo
Tenochtitlan
Mexico City
Chapultepec
- 29. Multiple Choice
The largest increase in population within American cities has occurred in
the CBD
rural areas
the zone transition
the manufacturing zone
the suburbs
- 30. Multiple Choice
The only megalopolis in the US extends from
San Francisco to San Diego
Dallas to Chicago
Chicago to Pittsburgh including Detroit and Toronto
Washington D.C. to Miami including Atlanta
Boston to Washington D.C.
- 31. Multiple Choice
The sets of laws that limit the permitted uses of land and density of development in a community are
zoning ordinances
redlining
suburbanization ordinances
Borchert laws
smart growth ordinances
- 32. Multiple Choice
Which area experiences a greater use of public transport?
South Texas-Gulf Coast
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
Southeast
Northeast
- 33. Multiple Choice
The average Americans travels __________ per day(Hint: It's a number)
6 miles
16 miles
26 miles
36 miles
46 miles
- 34. Multiple Choice
The process of limiting investment monies in declining inner-city housing areas is known as
filtering
redlining
gentrification
smart growth
community restructuring
- 35. Multiple Choice
The trend in public housing is
to build dense high-rise facilities on abandoned lands.
to distribute within gentrified and urban redevelopment areas that blend into the areas
to relocate the urban poor to suburbs to fill low-skilled jobs in suburban malls
to convert old apartments into large multi-family apartment style communities with services to meet their needs.
to eliminate all public housing
- 36. Multiple Choice
The electricity source for the central and Midwest areas of the United States comes from
coal
natural gas
nuclear
water
solar and wind
- 37. Multiple Choice
Urban planning for a sustainable city of the future is known as
smart growth
urban renewal
gentrification
urbanology
new urbanism
- 38. Multiple Choice
An example of a retailer with a high threshold would be a(an)
department store
office supply store
shore repair shop
dry cleaners
rapid photocopying store
- 39. Multiple Choice
One common characteristics of all three models of urbanization is that
none of them include suburbs
the CBD is always in the middle
high class housing is always near heavy industry
working class homes were located farthest from the CBD
immigrants live in single-family dwellings
- 40. Multiple Choice
The underground CBD would include all but which of the following?
Garage
Loading dock
Sewer
Pedestrian passages
All of these would be found in an underground CBD
- 41. Multiple Choice
An example of a vertical geography is
Mt. Everest
terracing rice paddies
a skyscraper
a subway train
a monument
- 42. Multiple Choice
All of the following are ways government try to reduce the demand to use congested roads EXCEPT
tolls
congestion charges
permits
ban on autos
subsidized fuel charges
- 43. Multiple Choice
Which has been a partially effective response to the problems of public housing?
gentrification, because it creates a safer and more diverse community
scattered-site housing, because it places families in safer areas with better schools
redlining, because it limits bad housing investments in the inner city
eminent domain, because it allows government to gain vast urban lands to develop
blockbusting, because it makes affordable housing more available
- 44. Multiple Choice
Which activity most directly uses racial prejudice to perpetuate segregation in housing
Gentrification by young professional and suburbanites moving into the inner city
leapfrogging over suburbs by developers to expand communities far from the inner city
blockbusting by realtors who want to promote movement to the suburbs
scattered-site housing by city governments to keep the poor in the city
ideas of new urbanism applied by developers who are creating mixed-use neighborhoods
- 45. Multiple Choice
The revival of downtown nightlife and an increase in street lighting are methods used by city governments primarily to
deter criminal activity
generate tax revenue during evening hours
decrease traffic congestion during the day
promote new urbanism
reduce the effects of exurbanization
- 46. Multiple Choice
Which common urban characteristic contributes most directly to the environmental problem of flooding
Urban canyons created by streets lined with tall buildings
skyscrapers that keep sunlight from reaching the ground
the radiation of heat from buildings and rooftops
hard surfaces such as streets, sidewalks and parking lots
the increased concentration of pollutants in the air
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