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#AP Human Geography
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Filtering often leads to which of the following urban problems?
Racial segregation
Physical deterioration
High land prices
Excessive traffic
2
Sprawl is caused primarily by
Single family homes in suburbs
Inner city public housing
High density apartments near the CBD
Urban planning policies involving smart growth
3
A clustered network of cities that expand into a single continuous entity is called a/an
Ultra-City
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Conurbation
Sprawl Zone
4
Which of the following geographers is responsible for the Central Place Theory?
Carl Sauer
Walter Christaller
Wilbur Zeleniski
Alfred Weber
5
According to the Multiple Nuclei Model
The city grows outward in "wedges"
People live around various nodes of interest
The area around the ring road is most important
The CBD is the most important part of the city
6
One of the biggest problems facing suburbs today is
High crime
Lack of education
Urban sprawl
Unemployment
7
The process by which cities try to redevelop poor, high density urban areas is called
Urban renewal
Smart growth
Filtering
Redlining
8
Urbanization refers to the growth of
Rural areas
Agriculture
Cities
Populations
9
Which of the following models is pictured below?
Hoyt Sector Model
Burgess Concentric Zone Model
Harris/Ulman Multiple Nuclei Model
Harris Periphery Model
10
Redlining is when
Rental homes deteriorate due to lack of mainanence
Real estate agents abuse minorities to make money
Banks refuse to give loans to low-income areas
Suburban neighborhoods refuse to admit minorities
11
A gateway city is a city in which
Cities with major stock markets
Cities that allow immigration
People/trade can enter a country
Cities that are political capitals of states
12
Edge cities are typically located
In largely rural areas
Near the exterior ring road
Near the poorest neighborhoods
Close to the CBD
13
A central city over 50,000 and the counties surrounding it is referred to as a/an
Megalopolis
Urban Regional Zone
Conurbation
Metropolitan Statistical Area
14
Which of the following urban models is pictured below?
Harris/Ulman Multiple Nuclei Model
Burgess Concentric Zone Model
Hoyt Sector Model
Griffen-Ford Latin American City Model
15
Smart Growth attempts to emphasize
Expansion of transportation through beltways
Use of mass transportation systems to limit traffic
Environmental friendly urban planning
Sprawling communities that occupy large spaces
16
Squatter Settlements are found primarily
On the outskirts of cities in LDCs
Near the CBD in MDCs
Near the CBD in LDCs
On the outskirts of cities in MDCs
17
Which of the following is an example of a conurbation?
BoWash Megalopolis
New York City Rank Size Rule
Mexico City Primate City
Tokyo-Nagasaki Transit Zone
18
What is one major difference between suburban areas in the US and Europe?
US suburbs are on the outskirts of cities; In Europe suburbs are isolated.
There is no difference.
US suburbs are ethnically segregate, unlike Europe.
US suburbs have relatively low crime rates and good schools, unlike Europe
19
The process through which a single family home is rented then eventually abandoned is called
Redlining
Urban Sprawl
Gentrification
Filtering
20
A statistical subdivision of a county used by the government to track statistics is a/an
Suburban Wedge
Statistical Zone
Urban Sector
Census Tract
21
Which of the following cities would most likely have squatter settlements?
New York City, USA
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Paris, France
Tokyo, Japan
22
According to the Burgess Concentric Zone Model, the wealthiest residents live
Near the CBD
In the "Zone in Transition"
On the outskirts of the city
Along the Spine
23
According to the Peripheral Model, the majority of urban growth is centered around
The Zone in Transition
The ring road or beltway
The Central Business District
The Spine
24
Edge cities are the focus of which of the following urban models?
The Concentric Zone Model
The Latin American City Model
The Multiple Nuclei Model
The Peripheral or Galactic City Model
25
When they conquered cities in the New World, European conquerers preserved established pre-colonial city patterns.
False
True
26
Which of the following is not true about urbanization?
Higher numbers moving into cities indicate a high level of development
The % of urban population has recently exceeded the % of rural population
8 of the 10 most populated cities in the world are in LDCs.
Urbanization is the process by which cities grow.
27
Which of the following models is pictured below?
Burgess Concentric Zone Model
Hoyt Sector Model
Harris Periphery Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
28
Gentrification is the process through which
Poor neighborhoods are rebuilt for the poor
Parks and recreational centers are added to the city
Poor neighborhoods are redeveloped for the rich
Wealthy neighborhoods decline into poverty
29
A ring of parks or other open areas to limit urban sprawl is called a/an
Greenbelt
Green Zone
Beltway
Zone in Transition
30
The change in population density of an urban area from the core to the periphery is a/an
Filtering
Physiological Density
Density Gradient
Urban Sprawl
31
Which of the following models is pictured below
Harris Peripheral Model
Burgess Concentric Zone Model
Harris/Ulman Multiple Nuclei Model
Hoyt Sector Model
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According to the Hoyt Sector Model
The city grows around the beltway
The periphery of the city is most important
Neighborhoods grow outward in wedges
The city is dominated by transition zones
