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AP Human Geography Unit 7 Urban #aphug #unit7 #urbanism #urbanpatterns #aphg #aphuman #aphumangeo
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1
Food deserts are largely found in...
suburbs
low-income neighborhoods
affluent (wealthy) neighborhoods
2
Which is the best example of a rural area?
Chicago
New Market
Lakeville
Rochester
3
In Central Place Theory, which would most likely have just a post office and a bar?
suburb
town
hamlet
city
4
What are you most likely to find in a central business district (CBD)?
places of worship & government offices
parks/green space & farmland
businesses, financial services, shops, restaurants
schools, single family homes, shopping malls
5
In Ring 2, "Zone in Transition," in the Burgess model, what activities occur?
newer, more spacious houses for higher income people
business & financial services
middle/working class homes
industry, low quality housing for immigrants & single adults
6
In many Latin American cities, where are squatter settlements located?
in a corridor extending straight out from the city center
along the outer edges/fringes of the city
in a ring right next to the city center
in the city center
7
Manmade environment, including roads, bridges, skyscrapers...
physical factors
build landscape
smart growth
social space
8
Uncontrolled, ill-planned expansion of cities into surrounding landscape:
new urbanism
zone of disamenity
edge city
urban sprawl
9
Which model is this?
Latin American City Model
Gravity Model
Burgess Concentric Zones Model
Harris-Ullman Multiple Nuclei Model
10
A primate city has to be at least _______ the size of the next largest city in a country/region
ten times
five times
twice
half
11
Which country would be in Wallerstein's periphery?
New Zealand
Kenya
Canada
South Korea
12
When an unused/open space inside a city attracts development of high-density housing:
filtering
greenbelt
gentrification
infilling
13
Which is the best example of an exurb?
Northfield
Elko
St. Paul
Burnsville
14
Relatively large, independently functioning urban area on outskirts of major city, near road:
edge city
greenbelt
15
A favela would fit into which part of the Latin American City Model?
zone of peripheral squatter settlements
commuter zone
market center
transportation & industry sector
16
When a bank refuses to give home loans in poor neighborhoods:
blockbusting
white flight
gentrification
redlining
17
When people build larger homes, with larger yards, for cheaper, outside of but close to a city:
industrialization
primate city
suburbanization
new urbanism
18
Which model says: If a mid-size city & a large city are equidistant, you'll pick the larger?
rank-size rule
Central Place Theory
Galactic City Model
Gravity Model
19
A common site characteristics for human settlements/cities is:
on/close to water
at high latitudes
in woodlands/forests
20
What is at the center of the Burgess Concentric Zone Model?
central business district
village
colonial spine
commuter zone
21
What is at the center of the Hoyt Sector Model?
central business district
zone of transition
light manufacturing
transportation corridor
22
Property/land values going up due to competition in central business districts:
Bid-Rent Theory
Central Place Theory
von Thunen model
Rostow's Model
23
If you try to open a high end fashion boutique in a town of 100 people, it will likely fail:
the threshold is too low
the range is too close
24
A very large city with a population over 10 million:
megacity
world city
capital city
primate city
25
Getting white or wealthy homeowners to sell homes cheaply out of fear of poor people moving in:
blockbusting
gentrification
urban hierarchy
redlining
26
City planning that focuses on limiting or preventing further building/development:
urban sprawl
megacities
slow-growth cities
Burgess Concentric Zones Model
27
How a settlement is classified under Central Place Theory depends mostly upon:
location of industry relative to market or inputs
how far people are willing & able to travel for a service
cost of living in/near central business district
population size & types of activities in area
28
Which city model is this?
Galactic City Model
African City Model
Urban Realms Model
Latin American City Model
29
A good example of a primate city is:
Des Moines
Tiblisi
Accra
Paris
30
What is a food desert?
area in a city with no grocery store or fresh produce
another term for malnourished
a country with high levels of food insecurity
geographic area throughout which the desert is expanding
31
What model is this?
Hoyt Sector
Peripheral
Burgess Concentric Zone
Harris-Ullman Multiple Nuclei
32
If the 3rd largest city in a region has 1/3 the population of the largest city, this shows...
core-periphery
central place theory
redlining
rank-size rule
33
Which is the best example of a suburb?
Apple Valley
St. Paul
Faribault
Duluth
34
Which is the correct order of Borchert's epochs (stages) of urban growth?
steam engines/railways; sail/wagon; automobile airplane
sail/wagon; steam engines/railways; automobile/airplane
35
The concentric zone model of urban land use was created by:
Harris & Ullman
von Thunen
Hoyt
Burgess
36
Which model is this?
Latin American city
multiple nuclei
concentric zone
African city
37
Food deserts disproportionately impact
single mothers
people with a disability
Americans
people of color
38
Which is most useful in explaining internal structures & urban development in metro areas?
Galactic City Model
African City Model
Wallerstein's Core-Periphery
von Thunen Model
39
Cities often have this layout in which world region?
Latin America
North America
Asia/Southeast Asia
Africa
40
This aerial view of Mexico City shows the city's...
zone of peripheral squatter settlements
industrial area
elite spine
central market
41
Infrastructure includes...
parks, subway systems, public transit
airports, railroads, public housing, highways
hospitals, schools, internet cable, roads, bridges
electricity, sewage systems, running water
42
Which is an example of an edge city?
Northfield
Elko
Minneapolis
Eden Prairie
43
You live halfway between Minneapolis & Rochester. The Gravity Models says you'll shop in...
Rochester
Minneapolis
44
As more people move to cities & they expand, taking up farmland & expanding highways...
Gravity Model
new urbanism
urban sprawl
desertification
45
Conurbation of Boston, New York, DC metro area:
megacity
threshold
maquiladora
megalopolis
46
A rapidly growing suburb that has become more like a major city itself:
exurb
exclave
CBD
boomburb
47
Which theory describes how transportation technology facilitated changes to human settlements?
Latin American City Model
Burgess Concentric Zone Model
Gravity Model
Borchert's Epochs of Urban Growth
48
In the Hoyt model, where is low-income housing located?
in two wedges next to the transportation/industry corridor
in the outermost ring, furthest from the CBD
49
Which country is in Wallerstein's core?
Sweden
North Korea
Peru
Nicaragua
50
Which of the following is the best example of an urban area?
Minneapolis
Lakeville
Northfield
Elko
51
Megacities are rapidly increasing in...
core countries
semi-periphery countries
periphery countries
52
Former industrial site within a city that is undeveloped and possibly contaminated with hazardous waste:
infilling
brownfield
filtering
greenbelt
53
Pedestrian-friendly cities with lots of green space are a part of:
Sustainable urban design
New Urbanism
Smart Growth
54
According to bid-rent theory, rent will go _____ the closer you are to the CBD.
up
down
55
A region far from settled areas:
hinterland
central business district
edge city
conurbation
56
What function at the top of the world's urban hierarchy & drive globalization?
primate cities
megacities
world cities
villages
57
Megacities in developing countries are largely the result of...
graying populations
deindustrialization
structural readjustment programs
looking for work/opportunity; escaping rural poverty
58
Central plazas/squares with a cathedral are major features of cities in...
Africa
Asia
Latin America
North America
59
Poorer people pushed out of neighborhoods as wealthier people move in & prices rise:
redlining
gerrymandering
gentrification
blockbusting
60
Which model is this?
Borchert's Epochs
Gravity Model
Hoyt Sector Model
Christaller's Central Place Theory
61
Continuous, unbroken urban area formed as cities expand outward towards one another:
urbanization
counterurbanization
conurbation
primate city
62
Which is NOT a world city?
Lagos
New York
London
Tokyo
63
A city that is disproportionately large in its country/region is called a(n):
capital city
hamlet
primate city
edge city
64
Separate, functioning suburbs or areas all linked to one larger city:
Urban Realms
Concentric Zones
65
This shows a(n)...
zone of abandonment
greenbelt
aquafarm
central business district
66
If you can go to a professional sports stadium where you live, you probably live in a...
village
town
city
hamlet
67
You are willing to drive 10 minutes out of your way to go to Starbucks, but you won't go 20 min
threshold
range
68
If you can buy gas & groceries where you live but not go to a hospital, you probably live in a:
town
city
hamlet
69
This shows a(n)...
zone of abandonment
new urbanism
gentrification
central business district
70
Land used only for homes/housing:
residential
commercial
71
The increasing interconnectivity of people & places in the world:
globalization
urban hierarchy
sustainability
conurbation
72
In the Burgess model, where is the highest value housing located?
in ring five, the last ring in the model
in ring two, right next to the CBD
in ring four, right before the commuter zone
in the CBD
73
What goes on in the wedge adjacent to the CBD in the Hoyt Sector Model?
commuter zone
high-income residential spine
transportation & industry
lower-income residential housing
74
Number of people required for an area to support a business/service:
range
threshold
75
What is a "world city"?
huge city in an LDC with large urban slums
the largest city in a region or country
a major city in an industrializing country
big city that dominates global finance/commerce
76
What is a major challenge for megacities?
increased pollution
uncontrolled/unplanned urban expansion
development of slums w/no running water, sewage, electricity
overcrowding
77
What activities occur in the CBD of the Burgess model?
nonresidential
low-income residential
industrial
high income residential
