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Urban Geography Midterm Practice
Urban Geography Midterm Practice
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One of the four principle methods used to identify urban places as physical entities is:
Capitals
Regions
Administrative criteria
Provinces
2
"The ecological footprint of the city" is an issue of relevance / area of investigation of:
The World System of Cities
The National System of Cities
The City
The Region
The Neighbourhood / District
3
The statement "transitional category from rural feudalism to urban industrial capitalism", refers to:
The Classical City
The Industrial City
The Merchant City
4
The industrial city (19th century and the 1st decade of the 20th century) is characterized by the "____".
Alarming growth in size
Development of trade and industry
Economic symbiosis between town and country
Power being obtained by the mass of people
5
"Small cities ruled by aristocrats: the unity of language, culture and religion", refers to:
The Classical City
The Industrial City
The Merchant City
6
The statement "Industrial and business core (factories and railway yards) in central areas", refers to:
The Merchant City
The Classical City
The Industrial City
7
The merchant city (1st millennium AD) is characterized by the "____".
Breakdown of the societal norms
Growth of the merchants as a class
Alarming growth in size
Power being obtained by the mass of people
8
As urban areas are the field inquiry of Urban Geography, the scale of the study of the City System is:
Regional
International
National
Urban (the city)
9
"National policy and how it affects the inter- and intra-urban geography of the state" is an area of investigation of:
The City
The Region
The World System of Cities
The Neighbourhood / District
The National System of Cities
10
The statement "Poor housing areas of the mass of workers surrounding central areas", refers to:
The Classical City
The Merchant City
The Industrial City
11
"Study of the distribution of power in the city" is an issue of relevance / area of investigation of:
The Neighbourhood / District
The Region
The World System of Cities
The National System of Cities
The City
12
"Forms of metropolitan governance" is an issue of relevance / area of investigation of:
The Region
The City
The National System of Cities
The Neighbourhood / District
The World System of Cities
13
"The differential socio-spatial distribution of benefits in the city" is an issue of relevance/area of investigation of:
The National System of Cities
The City
The World System of Cities
The Neighbourhood / District
The Region
14
As urban areas are the field inquiry of Urban Geography, the scale of the study of the City as a System is:
National
Urban (the city)
Regional
International
15
"Defined boundaries between the enclosed city and the countryside" refers to the period of:
Medieval
Industrial
16
The merchant city (1st millennium AD) is characterized by the "____".
Alarming growth in size
Power being obtained by the mass of people
Development of trading, market areas, and distinct residential areas
Breakdown of the societal norms
17
The merchant city (1st millennium AD) is characterized by the "____".
ShortDistance exchange + LongDistance trade in hands of the Catholic church
Every polis, every city-state, fed and protected their own people
492 BC Miletus is reconstructed on the grid square principle
Plato and Aristotle widely discussed the ideal city
18
One of the four principle methods used to identify urban places as physical entities is:
Famous landmarks
Urban climate
Population nationalities
Economic base
19
The statement "Distinct class division in specially segregated quarters with little connection between them", refers to:
The Merchant City
The Classical City
The Industrial City
20
"residential segregation" is an issue of relevance / area of investigation of:
The World System of Cities
The National System of Cities
The Neighbourhood / District
The Region
The City
21
The industrial city (19th century and the 1st decade of the 20th century) is characterized by the "____".
Power being obtained by the mass of people
Economic symbiosis between town and country
Breakdown of the societal norms: vice, social disorder
Development of trade and industry
22
"Spatial distribution of towns and cities and the linkages between them" is the study of:
The city as a system
Systems of cities
23
One of the four principle methods used to identify urban places as physical entities is:
Urbanism as a way of life
Functional definitions
Cognitive mapping
24
"How the city’s socio-spatial form is conditioned by its role" is an issue of relevance/area of investigation of:
The Neighbourhood / District
The City
The National System of Cities
The World System of Cities
The Region
25
The industrial city (19th century and the 1st decade of the 20th century) is characterized by the "____".
Growth of the merchants as a class
Cities built around sacred hills
Pressure on public services, industrial pollution, & increase of death rate
Development of trading, market areas, & distinct residential areas
26
"Growth management strategies" is an issue of relevance / area of investigation of:
The City
The National System of Cities
The Neighbourhood / District
The Region
The World System of Cities
27
One of the four principle methods used to identify urban places as physical entities is:
Population genders
Population size
Transportation networks
Business administration
28
The statement "Built around sacred hills (acropolis with religious significance and defensive positions)" refers to:
The Industrial City
The Classical City
The Merchant City
29
"The internal structure of urban places" is the study of:
The city as a system
Systems of cities
30
The statement "Development of trading, market areas, and distinct residential areas", refers to:
The Industrial City
The Classical City
The Merchant City
31
"Processes of local economic decline or revitalisation" is an issue of relevance/area of investigation of:
The National System of Cities
The City
The World System of Cities
The Neighbourhood / District
The Region
32
"The city has spread all over the countryside" refers to the period of:
Medieval
Industrial
