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1
Which of the following could attract new residents to a CBD?
Banning all businesses
Building fewer roads
Improving parks, entertainment, and housing options
High taxes
2
Which urban model is shaped like a series of rings?
Multiple nuclei model
Concentric zone model
Urban realms model
Sector model
3
What is a common reason former ports are redeveloped?
To build military bases
To create recreational and entertainment spaces
To build new shipping docks
To expand farming
4
What is a
Central Business District (CBD)
?
A residential neighborhood
A suburban mall
A farming area
The commercial and business center of a city
5
How do entertainment districts help a CBD?
Make parking harder
Decrease property values
Block traffic permanently
Increase nighttime activity and attract visitors
6
What is
gentrification
?
Replacing businesses with homes
Abandoning a city to relocate to a better one
Building new farmlands to increase production
Renovating low-income neighborhoods to attract wealthier residents
7
In the sector model, what shapes the growth of cities?
Sectors radiating out from the CBD
Random patterns
Small village centers
Farming zones
8
In the concentric zone model, what is typically found closest to the center?
Wealthy suburbs
Industries and poorer housing
Single-family homes
Farms
9
Why would a city dredge its harbor?
To create fishing ponds
To build houses on the water
To fill it with more land
To make it deeper for bigger ships
10
What is a
beltway
in a metropolitan area?
A river dividing the city
A shopping mall in center city
A train system shaped like a belt
A road or highway that circles around a city
11
Why do cities often follow models like the concentric zone or sector model?
To make it easy to drive everywhere
To avoid building suburbs
To show predictable patterns of urban growth
To create more farmland
12
What is
public housing
?
Housing owned by the government and rented to low-income families
Student dorms created by the public, for the public
Shopping centers converted to housing
Luxury apartments made for public use
13
Which feature is commonly found in many CBDs across different cities?
Skyscrapers and tall buildings
Huge open farms
Single-family homes
Narrow, unpaved roads
14
How do vertical features help a CBD grow?
They create more ground space
They use up land quickly
They lower the skyline of the city
They add more living and working space without using more land
15
What does "urban structure" describe?
How people drive to work
How farms are built
How cities organize land use and population
How rivers flow
16
What does
MSA
stand for?
Mixed Settlement Arrangement
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Multiple Shopping Areas
Modern Suburban Area
17
In urban geography, what is a
high-range good
?
A good people are willing to travel long distances to buy
An item delivered daily
A product sold in villages that is considered a specialty item
A cheap everyday item everyone can afford
18
What is an example of a
vertical feature
in a CBD?
A public park
A small local restaurant
A high-rise apartment building
A soccer field
19
If a city's population drops in the CBD, what could happen?
More vacant buildings and business decline
New industries move in
Tourist numbers skyrocket
Farm production increases
20
If a low income person moves to a city based on the concentric zone model, where would they find affordable housing?
In the rural farmlands
In the CBD
In the second zone from the center (Zone of Transition)
In the luxury suburbs
21
What is a
metropolitan statistical area
mainly based on?
Climate and geography
Agricultural output
Economic ties and population size
Historical importance
22
Which of the following best describes a Central Business District (CBD)?
A downtown commercial center
An outer suburb
A residential neighborhood
A farming community
23
What is a
high-threshold store
?
A store that needs few customers to stay open
A small boutique store
A store located in suburbs
A store that needs many customers to be profitable
24
What might the area inside a city’s major beltway (highway loop) show?
Empty wilderness
Only shopping centers
Mostly farmland
High-density urban development
25
What is
zoning
in urban planning?
Replacing houses with factories
Farming practices that are limited to certain areas
Legal restrictions on land use in certain areas
Building highways using a certain method
26
Where are high-threshold stores most likely to be located?
In rural areas
In the suburbs
In the CBD
On the outskirts of cities
27
What does
urban sprawl
refer to?
Organized urban planning
The growth of farming communities
The spread of development over rural land at the edge of cities
The shrinking of cities that are urbanized
28
What term describes a large area with at least 50,000 people living close together?
Urban cluster
Urbanized area
Urban area
Rural zone
29
What is one sign that an area is experiencing suburban sprawl?
Closing of schools
Population growth moving outward into suburbs
New farm development
Fewer homes being built
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What is the
zone of transition
in the concentric zone model?
Area of mixed residential and industrial use near the CBD
New shopping malls with vertical features
Wealthy homes
Luxury high-rises
