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An #urban #geography review.
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This term refers to the unrestricted growth of housing and business around cities
Sprawl
Blockbusting
Gentrification
Commercialization
2
The urban agglomeration that spans from Washington, DC to Boston is called the
Primate City
Wealth Belt
Urban Hierarchy
Megalopoplis
3
This term refers to the redevelopment of older properties, often inflating housing values
Sprawl
Gentrification
Blockbusting
Commercialization
4
The heart of a city. A concentration of business and commerce. High land values.
Exclusionary Zone
Edge City
CBD
Threshold
5
All of the following are tenets of the New Urbanism EXCEPT
Sustainability
Lots of parking
Neighborhood structure
Mixed economic use
6
All of the following are forward capitals, EXCEPT:
Warsaw, Poland
Washington, DC
Astana, Kazakhstan
Canberra, Australia
7
Prior to 1850, the location of all major North American cities depended on...
Transcontinental highways
Railroad junctions
Defensive sites
Navigable waterways
8
According to Christaller, how far someone is willing to travel for a good.
Threshold
Order
Market
Range
9
Which of the following is the best example of a "Primate City"?
Manilla, Philippines
Tokyo, Japan
Madrid, Spain
Toronto, Canada
10
Which of the following is an example of a forward capital?
Brasilia, Brazil
Cairo, Egypt
Moscow, Russia
London, UK
11
Redlining was a practice designed to...
identify wealthy areas of a city
delimit areas of toxic waste
zone for new entertainment districts
deprive poor neighborhoods of loans
12
Cities in which region are more likely to have distinct colonial and native business distrcits?
Africa
Latin America
North America
Europe
13
Which was NOT an ancient hearth of urbanization?
Congo River Basin
Mezoamerica
Indus Valley
Mesopotamia
14
Christaller's model of US urban distribution was called...
Concentric Zone Model
Central Place Theory
Multiple Nuclei Model
Sector Model
15
Cities that have global financial functions and many corporate HQs are called
Edge Cities
World Cities
Forward Capitals
Primate Cities
16
In the Concentric Zone Model, wealthy residents live...
Along major avenues radiating from the center
In the CBD
On the outskirts of the city
Close to the center
17
In which region is the modern business district more likely to be on the outskirts of the city?
Europe
North America
Africa
Latin America
18
Homer Hoyt's model of US urban structure was called the..
Central Place Theory
Concentric Zone Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
Sector Model
19
What is one of the most obvious features of a Latin American city?
City Wall
Spine
Railway hub
Native market
20
Using the Rank Size Rule, if the biggest city has 3 million people, the 3rd ranked city has
2.5 million
1.5 million
1 million
2 million
21
Which is the highest order city?
C
D
A
B
22
Which of the following is an Alpha world city?
Rome
Tokyo
Johannesburg
Mexico City
23
Harris and Ullman's model of US urban structure was called the..
Multiple Nuclei Model
Concentric Zone Model
Sector Model
Central Place Theory
24
Ernest Burgess' model of US urban structure was called the..
Sector Model
Central Place Theory
Concentric Zone Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
25
The Griffin-Ford model generalizes the structure of cities in which region?
Asia
Latin America
Africa
Europe
