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1
Which country is known for having a primate city?
Mexico
Russia
France
China
2
What is the population necessary to be considered a megacity?
50 million
1 million
20 million
10 million
3
Mercosur member states are located in which region?
Eastern Asia
South America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East
4
A focus on quality of life, leisure, and social welfare is a component of which stage of Rostow's model
Age of High Mass Consumption
Take-off
Drive to Maturity
Maturity
5
Mixed-use development, walkable design, and front porches and alleys in developed cities is incorporated into what?
Gentrification
Urban growth boundaries
Zero growth policies
New urbanism
6
Which best compares boomburbs to CBDs?
Land size
Connection to a beltway
Land usage
Population growth rate
7
Because so few people live in the CBD, urban areas are characterized by a high degree of
Commuting
Blockbusting
Vertical development
Threshold
8
Orange juice sales and government spending affect which measure of development?
GDP only
GNP, GDP, and GNI
GNP only
GNP and GDP
9
Which of the following is a Central Business District?
Singapore
Quebec, Canada
Chicago Loop
London, UK
10
What are foreign-owned manufacturing plants?
Growth Poles
Free Trade Zones
Maquiladoras
Special Economic Zones
11
World cities, such as London, serve as which type of region?
Informal
Vernacular
Functional
Formal
12
Which is true regarding population centers?
Exurbs are located along a beltway surrounding the CBD
Central business districts have lower cost of living than edge cities.
Boomburbs are more populated than suburbs.
Exurbs are located closer to the central business than boomburbs.
13
Which is NOT an example of a quaternary service?
Vocational schools
Management Consulting
Legal Council
Radio stations
14
Which of the following processes accounts for the change in coal miners employed in the United States from 1950 to 2000?
Outsourcing
Just-in-time production
Mechanization
Industrial revolution
15
Which city model is best represented on the map below?
Hoyt Sector Model
Central Place Theory
Galactic
Multiple Nuclei
16
Which of the following best describes Alfred Weber’s analysis of location decisions?
It's applicable only in industrial economies & predictable spatial patterns
It seeks to minimize costs among multiple inputs of production.
Its only applied to postindustrial economies & predictable spatial patterns
It seeks to evaluate the impact of a single production factor on location
17
Economic complementarities between two places tend to...
Occur when each place specializes in commodities demanded by the other
Reflect the minimization of distance
Reflect only differences in resource base
Occur when the places specialize in the same commodities
18
Many companies moved their operations from New England and the Midwest to locations in the South because
the southerly climate was an environmental push factor
the South had less expensive site factors than northern regions
the South had more advantageous relative locations
) southern regions had better access to deep water ports
19
Which urban model applies to these Irish developments?
Hoyt Sector Model
Gravity Model
Galactic City Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
20
Which explains why New York City is or isn't a megacity?
NYC isn't a megacity since it lacks a dominating population size.
NYC is a megacity as it's a hub for cultural, economic, and tech exchange
NYC isn't a megacity due to its dispersed vertical and horizontal density
NYC is a megacity since it's a node for globalization and supranationalism
21
Which of the following is a direct component used in calculating the Human Development Index? (HDI)
Infrastructure access
Political freedom
Life Expectancy
Environmental sustainability
22
What country is known for its special economic zones that have regional-specific economic laws?
Mexico
China
United Kingdom
The United States
23
Which of the following is a characteristic of countries with a primate city?
There's Evenly Spaced Population Centers
It contains both a megacity and metacity.
Well developed roadways, railways, airports, and ports.
It has a unitary political composition.
24
Which good/service has a highest range?
Banking
Theatrical Productions
Tools
Livestock
25
Chatou, France (Population: 30,253) contains housing, K-12 schools, parks, & a railway station. What classifies Chatou?
Central Business District
Suburb
Exurb
Edge City
26
In the development of urban land, which of the following is typically built on the most accessible sites?
Retail complexes
Single-family housing
Industrial Parks
High rises
27
A primate city like Bangkok, Thailand...
Is always located in the center of its country
Serves as the region’s financial capital
Is the culturally dominant center
Always serves as the center seat of government
28
Which did not influence the development of the first city-style settlements?
Access to waterways
Sedentary agriculture
Policy creation and implementation
Economic surplus
29
Which of the following would have the steepest bid-rent curve?
Trash dump
Urban real estate brokerage firm
Textile factory
Pig farmer
30
Which of the following is an example of outsourcing?
Microsoft utilizing call centers in the Philippines
Toyota producing cars in Thailand to sell in the United States
Apple selling Iphones in MDCs, like the UK, and LDCs, like Bangladesh
Walmart selling goods from multiple corporations like Kellogg's and Post
31
An abandoned factory was remodeled into an apartment complex in a ghetto of a major U.S. city. What concept is this?
Blockbusting
Gentrification
Counterurbanization
Edge City Development
32
Which of the following types of urban land use is most common on the periphery of cities in Latin America?
Upper-class residential developments
Highway beltways and railway corridors
CBD surrounding a plaza
Residential squatter settlements
33
Which of the following factors best explains the development and expansion of squatter settlements?
Inability of infrastructure to keep pace with the growth of megacities
Dwellers seeking residential housing & shopping out the city congestion
Gentrification of megacities displacing large numbers of urban dwellers
Zoning laws preventing urban dwellers from obtaining land for housing
34
Which is NOT associated with the central place theory?
Hierarchy of Goods
Functional specialization of settlements
Technological advances and distribution
Stores located in correspondence with market demand
35
Specialty agriculture & timber production have increased the level of development & GNI of Chile’s economy through what?
Export sales to consumers in the U.S., Japan, and other foreign markets
An increase in shipping trade from ports along the Strait of Magellan
Creation of a trade alliance with Brazil and Argentina
Provision of basic staple foods and building materials to Chilean consumers
