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For prep for APHG Unit 6 (6.1-6.7) Test
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1
According to bid-rent theory, the cost of land does what as it moves away from the CBD.
gets less expensive
gets more expensive
uses more infrastructure
gets less developed
2
What characterizes most CBDs?
easy transportation
the highest land value
low-rise townhouses
lots industrial areas
3
What do Venice, Amsterdam, London, Hamburg and Marseilles have in common in terms of city qualities?
They all attract Japanese tourists
They all have stock markets.
They are all European capitals
They are all port cities that are centers of trade
4
The stregth of the newer Galactic City Model is that:
it depicts exurban nodes.
it takes into account global monetary supply.
it depicts CBDs.
it centers on an international transport hub.
5
All of the following have helped create ghettos in North American cities EXCEPT
fixed school district boundaries
concentration of public housing and social services
blockbusting and racial steering
Economic Enterprise Zones
redlining by financial institutions
6
The main locational advantages important to the development of the
earliest
cities:
agricultural land and defensible sites
proximity to coal mines
go harbors for large ships
road and canal connections
7
An urban center that is disproportionately larger than the second largest city in a country and dominates culturally
metacity
megalopolis
primate city
world city
8
According to the rank-size rule, if the largest city has 10 million people, what will be the population of the fourth?
5 million
250,000
2.5 million
8 million
9
In the US, deep-water harbors and waterfalls where the flat coastal plains meet higher lands is characteristics of:
the Pacific coast
the Northeast
the Southwest
the Midwest
10
Which is a higher-order service that has greater range?
Costco
elementary school
high school
specialty hospital
11
What are the rankings of world cities based on?
size of metropolitan area
total population
gross domestic product (GDP)
mulitples measurements evaluating influence
12
Influencial cities in the semi-pheriphery include
Mumbai, Shanghai
Boise, Boston
Tokyo, Manilla
Frankfurt, Berlin
13
A commercial spine is a prominent feature of cities in:
Europe
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Africa
14
Which idea attempts to explain the distribution of cities of different sizes across a region by considering consumers.
Concentric Model
Central Place Theory
Gravity Model
Reurbanization
15
What most heavily influences the sector model?
Spheres of political dominance
Electrical grids
Transportation patterns
Surplus industrial production
16
Where are recent migrants more likely to settle in urban areas?
City center
Transit corridors
Suburbs
Exurbs
17
Currently, the greatest number of urban dwellers live in?
Asia
Europe
South America
Africa
18
Which of the models easily incorporates construction of a new airport on the urban periphery?
Burgess
None of these
Hoyt
Harris and Ullman
19
Central Place Theory is based on:
the congregation of different ethnic groups
the weighted influence of the CBD
the flow of goods and services
outward radiation of culture patterns
20
Can be used to quantify and predict the interaction between two cities based on population sizes
Concentric Zone Theory
Central Place Theory
Multiple Nuclei Model
Gravity Model
21
What was NOT a reason for rapid suburbanization in the US after WWII?
All of these
Reduction in long distance commuting
Expansion of home construction
Mass production of the automobile
22
What was the largest metacity in 2020?
Tokyo
New York
Beijing
London
23
Why do European CBDs tend to NOT have lots of high rise building like in North America?
Their construction techniques aren't as good
They don't like tall buildings
To preserve historical building and atmosphere
WWII bombing knocked them all down
24
Maximum distance a consumer wil travel to acquire a good or service?
Cost-to-distance ratio
Distance Decay
Range
Threshold
25
The minimum number of people needed to support a service
service minimum
1000
range
threshold
26
Which situation is most applicable to the multiple nuclei model?
small cities
new, fast-growing cities
Africa
Latin America
27
According to the
sector model
of North American city structure, members of low-income groups tend to live in:
in the exurbs, close to sites for manual labor employment
on the outskirts where land is cheapest
in linear residential areas radiating out from the center
the inner city only
28
Name of model for Latin American cities?
Griffin-Ford
Harris and Ullman
Burgess
Hoyt
29
Smaller satellite cites in major metropolitian areas
exurbs
edge cities
conurbations
squatter settlements
30
World (or Global) cities are unique because:
They are important only becuase of their industrial capacity
The city limits cover multiple countries
They have more ethnic restaurants than anywhere else
They are connected to other global cities
31
On the periphery of most Latin American cities are:
railroad stations
recreational areas
barrios/favelas
a plaza with a CBD
32
Which model features a colonial port surrounded by supporting commericial districts?
Southeast Asian City Model
Galactic Model
Islamic City Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
