AP Human Geography Ch 12 and 13

Jobs expanded most rapidly in professional services in which service?

Global Cities are divided in three levels, alpha. beta, and gamma, what are the subdivisions?

Who created the  multiple nuclei model?

Underclass suffer from, unemployment, alcholism, and ________

What is "Bowash"?

The process of legally adding land area to a city is known as:

A process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner to abandonment

Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Indus Valley are known for what?

maximum distance people are willing to travel:

Extensive networks of trains,buses, and subways is the public transit of what region?

Why do people still work in CBD when telecommunications are so good?

Which engines burn fuel more efficiently?

Who created the concentric zone model? 

The federal government holds ____ of all public sector employees

Where are greenbelts most commonly found?

Before established colonies, most people lived in____ settlements

in Europe______ people live in inner city neighborhoods, unlike the U.S

model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around sectors

Largest settlement in a country, if it has more than 2x as many people as the second settlement

Early consumer services were mainly what? what is an example also?

Low rise structures, minimal motor vehicles, and many residents describe what continent's CBD?

F.I.R.E stands for what?

a pattern in a country that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest one

Most newer housing built in suburbs are high-rise apartment buildings for ___income in Europe

In the United States, the CBD's build how?

Families in newer homes tend to live in __ ring while families with older homes live in__rings

What is a big concern for CBD?

a model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around nodes:

Where are most African Americans found in inner-city neighborhoods? Where are whites found?

Criticism of U.S. Suburbs

Sector Model: family with higher income will __ in the same sector as the family with lower i.c

Less than ___ % of the underclass graduate high school

market center for the exchange by people attracted from the surrounding area

a ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture,etc. that  limits the sprawl of an urban area:

an urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants:

The ground level of a typical Skyscraper holds what?

Low-income government owned housing

breakdown of how land is used, residential or commercial:

Cities have two choices to close gap between operating public services and funding by taxes:

Who are the consumers of business services?

Energy while coasting is reduced in  what engine?

Inner city residents get services ___ ___ taxes to fund them

Comparing people of similar living standards, ethnic backgrounds, + lifestyle within urban area

total # people living in an area and total % of population

a process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to improve property

Jobs increased in healthcare in what service?

Continuous urban complex

Metropolitan statistical area is a________ region

Setting fair prices, keeping records, currency system, and regulating transactions were early__

Where do most people in the United States live?

Who created the central place theory?

The state government holds ____ of all public sector employees

City is a______ region

Collection of individual venders who come together to offer goods and services in a location

Who created the sector model?

Critics say that the models are too______ and too______to explain urban patterns

Why are sport centers and conventions held downtown?

Modern residential suburbs are segregated in two ways:

__ of inner city children live with only one parent

Which City cannot pay for city-wide services?

Where are African Americans mainly located in the United States?

The middle level of a typical Skyscraper holds what?

What are benefits for financial services in LDC'S?

Area in a city in an LDC where people illegally establish residencies on land they don't own

Hamlet, Village, Town, and City are the levels of what?

Area surrounding a service from which customers are attached

Why are shopping malls attractive?

How did the industrial revolution impact urbanization?

Provide services to individual consumers who desire them and can afford to pay for them:

Moscow, Paris, London, and New York specialize in what service?

Walls built for protection and had soldiers were early _____ services

Banks, Financial Institutions, and law firms are examples of what service?

Insurance claims, payroll management, routine clerical work are what?

enterprises whose customers live in the same community:

an urban area with at least 50,00 inhabitants:

Airports are apart of what subdivision of global cities?

Does the United States or Europe have more urban sprawl:

Process by which middle class people move into deteriorated city n.h and renovate houses:

Steps to determine profitability of a location:

The area of a city where retail and office activities are located:

Export primarily to consumers outside the settlement:

What is the attraction of outsourced call centers?

International organizations are apart of what subdivision of global cities?

a central city of at least 50,000 population:

Media Outlets are apart of what subdivision of global cities?

What does the rank-size rule tell?

Nuclei Model: People with same___background are likely to live____each other

Minimum number of people needed to support the service

# of headquarters are apart of what subdivision of global cities?

Where are back services found?

City Hall, Courts, Libraries are examples of what service?

The local government holds ____ of all public sector employees