APHG Unit 9: Cities and Urban Land Use

Question 1

What does the bid-rent theory explain?

Accepted Answer

the price/demand for real estate in relation to CBD distance

Question 2

An increase in the percentage of people living in urban settlements

Accepted Answer

Urbanization

Question 3

Which one INCORRECTLY pairs a model with the person/people who created it?

Accepted Answer

Urban Realms Model- Griffin-Ford

Question 4

Which of the following is a medieval city?

Accepted Answer

Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Marseille, France, Cologne, Germany, Istanbul, Turkey

Question 5

When industries group together in order to use each other's resources

Accepted Answer

Agglomeration

Question 6

Which of the following refers to the minimum number of people required to support a business?

Accepted Answer

Threshold

Question 7

True or false: All cities fit within Christaller's central place theory

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

A statement written into a property deed that restricts the use of the land in some way

Accepted Answer

Restrictive Covenants

Question 9

A megacity is defined as a metropolitan area with a population greater than...

Accepted Answer

10 million

Question 10

Ports on coastal rivers at the point where navigation isn't possible for ocean-going ships

Accepted Answer

Fall-Line Cities

Question 11

Which model is based on transportation routes?

Accepted Answer

Sector Model

Question 12

Fill in the blanks: hamlet, ___, town, ___, ___

Accepted Answer

village, metropolis, megalopolis

Question 13

Which one is an assumption of central place theory?

Accepted Answer

All areas must be flat, Distance Decay, There is an evenly distributed population, There are evenly distributed resources

Question 14

All of the following are consequences of urban transportation EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

increased access to mass transit

Question 15

Form and structure of city, including street patterns and the size and shape of buildings

Accepted Answer

Urban morphology

Questions 15