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1
The GI Bill of 1944 helped assist returning soldiers. It fueled which urban phenomena in the US
Gentrification
Gerrymandering
Blockbusting
Suburbanization
2
What are the characteristics of a post-industrial city?
Return to farmland/rural area
Strong service sector economies
Vibrant trading in primary economic activities
Industry no longer exists in these cities
3
Which is the date of the AP Human Geography Test
Tuesday May 6
Friday May 16
Monday May 19
Tuesday May 13
4
In Christaller's model, the place that would require the largest threashold for goods would be the
City
Hamlet
Village
Town
5
Dividing an area by law into sections reserved for different purposes (homes, business)
Zone of Transition
Zoning
Redlining
Threshold
6
A cluster of office and retail activities in the suburbs far from the CBD of the city
Inner city
Favela
Edge City
Hinterland
7
A forward Capital... (example of Brasilia)
is an island of development that was the first to develop
is common in the peripheral countries of the world
was moved for strategic economic or symbolic reasons
is located on the periphery of a country to foster trade
8
The Boston to Washington DC corridor of the eastern United States is known as a(n)
Central Business District
Metropolitan statistical area
Urban Hierarchy
Megalopolis
9
The Hoyt model, a modification of the concentric zone model, is also known as the
Multiple Nuclei Model
Sector Model
von Thunen model
Peripheral Model
10
The manufacturing city first emerged in
British midlands
central France
the Ruhr
the 13 colonies
11
Which of the following has the largest threshold in central place theory
A gas station
A Car dealership
A grocery store
An Airport
12
The model below is the
African City Model
Latin American City Model
S. American City Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
13
Which of the following terms is most closely associated with the galactic model?
Zone of Transition
Invasion and succession
Zones of Disamenity
Edge cities
14
The core of the city is called the
CBD
suburb
urban area
exurb
15
Which of the following most exemplifies the SE Asia Urban model?
Government functions located close to a port area
A multi use CBD with a traditional market area
Rapidly developing edge cities
A large disamenity sector called a periferico
16
Model of U.S. city with 5 concentric land-use rings arranged around a CBD
Central Place Theory
Sector Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
Concentric Zone Model
17
In general, urban planning is often carried out...
By state laws
By international policy
Through local zoning ordinances
Through federal zoning laws
18
The model below is the
S. American City Model
African City Model
Latin American City Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
19
The revitalization of old neighborhoods, increasing taxes, and displacement of the poor are all
impacts of gentrification
impacts of suburbanization
the consequence of quickening urban to rural migration
outcomes of urban development
20
Which business would have the highest range
McDonald's
Target
Sam's Club
IKEA
21
The process of the gentrification of inner-city neighborhoods has resulted in
lowered bid rent of available housing
changes in ethnic dynamics of inner-city populations
impoverished neighborhoods
increased areas of urban sprawl
22
The framework & systems serving a city, region or country (transportation, communication, etc)
Infrastructure
Agglomeration
Deglomeratio
Threshold
23
When the rank-size model works we know that....
There is a more equitable distribution of central place function
There is a primate city
the country is peripheral or less developed
The country is a former colony
24
Segregation in the US was reinforced by the financial practice known as
Jim Crow laws
community block grants
Land use zoning
redlining
25
Country's largest city that is over two times that of any other urban area in the country
Gateway City
Urban Hearth
Primate City
Inner City
26
The model below is the
Multiple Nuclei Model
African City Model
Latin American City Model
S. American City Model
27
Office & industrial parks, suburban malls, and suburban development are all effects of...
Deagglomeration
Decentralization
economic development in squatter cities
Recentralization
28
According to the Galactic City Model, where would large chain retail stores be located?
In the CBD
At a highway exit in a suburban area
Along a rural road near farms
Near an airport
29
The most important world cities are
New York, London and Tokyo
New York, London and Hong Kong
Paris, London and New York
Unites States, Tokyo and London
30
A pattern of cities & settlements in a country such that the nth largest city is 1/n the population.
Rank-size rule
Gateway city
Primate City
Gravity Model
