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Duplicate of Urbanization and Development
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1
Higher income people tend to live near the center of the city in all but which of the following
North America
Latin America
Western Europe
South Asia
2
The multiple nuclei theory best explains why different neighborhoods of a city attract people
of different incomes
of different ethnic origins
of different marital status'
of different ages
3
Russian manufacturers were more likely than American manufacturers to locate near
transportation
raw materials
consumers
All of the above
4
The three world cities that exercise the greatest degree of global economic dominance are
Los Angeles, New York, and Madrid
New York, London, and Tokyo
New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles
Tokyo, Mexico city, and Sao Pualo
5
According to Louis Wirth, Urban areas are more likely than rural areas to have all, except
High density
social heterogeneity
placelessness
large size
6
Which of the following has most affected the development of suburbs in the United States?
inexpensive and reliable electrical energy
computer technology and the internet
access to regional airport
popularity of the automobile
7
The lowest cost from transporting goods very long distances is
by airplane
by boat
by train
by truck
8
Automobile production is an example of
bulk-gaining industry
single-market industry
bulk reducing industry
perishable industry
9
Wide boulevards built in cities in LDC's were more likely built during what era
all of the above
independence
colonial
pre-colonial
10
The percentage of people who are too young or too old to work in society is the
population pyramid
brain drain ratio
gender ratio
dependency ratio
11
New international division of labor reflects the growing importance for industrial location of
site factors
situation factors
new infrastructure
access to raw materials
12
European CBDs are similar to those in North America because they both contain
retail and office activities
extensive residential areas
structures inherited from medieval times
large number of skyscrapers
13
Compared to the United Kingdom, the amount of sprawl in the U.S is
less
about the same
Greater
no longer existing
14
Ramshackle houses on the periphery of cities of LDC's are known as
Council estates
Zone of transportation
Public housing
Spuatter settlements
15
The area surrounding a city and its services from which customers are attracted is the
Range
Hinterland
Median
Threshold
16
The most important political reason for the origin of settlements was a place to
bury the dead
educate children
house the ruler
protect the groups assets
17
Large settlements are
more numerous and farther apart
less numerous and farther apart
less numerous and closer together
more numerous and closer together
18
A primate city is
a rapidly growing city
the seat of Roman Catholic disease
At least as large as the next smaller city
a city with political, economic, and cultural functions