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