AP Human Geography Unit 7 Seven Test Survival Mode

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

Rules that govern land use in cities are known as

Plats

Site plans

Zoning ordinances

Land contracts

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

A diverse, walkable, mixed-use neighborhood would most directly be a core goal of

Restrictive zoning

Gentrification

Counter-urbanization

New urbanism

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

45 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

1 min

1 pt

Which of the following countries would LEAST likely follow the rank-size rule?

United States

Germany

Argentina

Japan

Italy

19.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

Outlying areas that function as consumer and business centers are known as

squatter settlements

Edge Cities

Suburbs

villages

boroughs

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, what was the center of the Aztec Empire

Quetzalcoatl

Zocalo

Tenochtitlan

Mexico City

Chapultepec

29.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

Which area experiences a greater use of public transport?

South Texas-Gulf Coast

Pacific Northwest

Midwest

Southeast

Northeast

33.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The average Americans travels __________ per day(Hint: It's a number)

6 miles

16 miles

26 miles

36 miles

46 miles

34.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

Urban planning for a sustainable city of the future is known as

smart growth

urban renewal

gentrification

urbanology

new urbanism

38.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

An example of a vertical geography is

Mt. Everest

terracing rice paddies

a skyscraper

a subway train

a monument

42.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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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