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AP Human Geography Urban Geography Review
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1
What geometric pattern is associated with Christaller's Central Place Theory
Hexagon
Rhombus
Circle
Square
2
The innovation of the city, which occurred 1st in Mesopotamia
Urban Sprawl
First Urban Revolution
Sub-urbanization
New Urbanism
3
The process of settlement formation, expansion, and change is called
suburbanization
City Growth
Post- Modern expansion
Urbanization
4
Blockbusting in the 1950s often contributed to
stabilization
White Flight
urban renewal
gentrification
5
A primate city is
largest city is 2x the size of the next largest city
the largest city in a region
Small citites find it hard to compeete
the most important city in a country
6
Industries during the 1800s located close to Central Business Districts (CBDs) because
it was close to the population
it was close to transportation lines
the availability of low-cost warehousing
the land was more affordable
7
Legal restrictions on land use for what types of building and economic activities are allowed to take place
Legalism
Blockbusting
Zoning Laws
Redlining
8
Street patterns of Medieval European cities resembled
a chaotic haphazard layout
an organized web of road systems
a grid system
none of the above
9
Historically, urbanization reached its zenith during ...
the Greco-Roman Era
The Persian Empire
the Bronze age
the Egyptian Empire
10
During the Industrial Revolution, what factor contributed the most to rapid urbanization?
The city was an enviromental pull
The city was an economic pull
all of the above
the city was a political pull
11
The movement of millions of Americans from northern States to the South regions of the U.S.
Sun belt phenomenon
Ghetoization
New Urbanism
Urbanization
12
The most urbanized region in the developing world is
Southeast Asia
south Asia
North Africa
South America
13
The two continents that have the most linkages between their world cities are...
Australia & Asia
North America & South America
Africa and Asia
North America & Europe
14
An urban settlement that has incorporated into an independent self-governing unit is a ...
City
metropolitan area
micropolitian statistical area
Metropolitan statistical are
15
The transformation of an area of a city into to be attractive to tourists in terms of economic activities
Gentrification
Urban reform
New Urbanism
Commercialization
16
A dominant city in terms of its role in the global political economy.
Globalization
Primate city
Global City
rank-size rule
17
Young single recent college graduates who move into distressed inner city neighborhoods and refurbish it
white flight
filtering
blockbusting
gentrification
18
Cites significantly increased their population size in Europe and North America during the
Holiday seasons
Industrial Revolution
Spring
Baby Boom
19
How has the composition of the world's top ten most populated cities changed since 1950?
MDC's in the top 10 have grown
% of LDC has declined since 1950
LDC cities make up a larger percentage of the top ten
none of the above
20
What happened to inner city neighborhoods when many industries shifted to the suburbs after World War 2?
all of the above
Business services declined for inner city residents
Unemployment rates increased in the city
Neighborhoods declined in population
21
When a bank doesn't grant mortgages to customers in certain zip codes
blockbusting
down zoning
ghettoization
redlining
22
The most practical definition for an urban area is...
all of the above
the central city and its surrounding suburbs
the economic influence of the central city
the central city and the continuously developed areas
23
Unrestricted low-density development of residential and commercial activities over a large expanse of land is
transit oriented development
new urbanism
smart growth
urban sprawl
24
Squatter settlements in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) cities are usually located
in warehouse districts
outskirts of urban areas
in the zone of transition
adjacent to industrial areas
25
The three most important cities in the world are
Washington DC, Paris and Dubai
San Antonio, Berlin and London
New York, London, and Tokyo
LA, Mumbi and Hong Kong
26
The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the
locational determinates
relative location
none of the above
site characteristics
