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Human Geography
Chapter 9 Test Review
that which allowed the development of the
earliest cities is called…
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
urban morphology
agricultural village
agricultural surplus
first urban revolution
social stratification
a cluster of people and buildings that serves as a
center of politics, culture and economics.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
forum
city
agricultural village
acropolis
agora
place of debate, lecture, judgment, strategizing,
socializing and trade
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
trade area
zone
acropolis
agora
primate city
Indus River Valley
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
agriculture independently arose here
producing a civilization later than the
other agricultural nodes
produced the Chinese Civilization
produced the Egyptian Civilization
the first civilization developed here
produced the Harappan Civilization
An urban center that is disproportionately larger than the
second largest city in a country and that dominates the
country’s social, political, and economic activities can be
best classified as: RTp.51.37
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A megalopolis
A primate city
An imperial city
A metroplex
An edge city
Chicago’s relative location near other major city
networks gave the urban place a comparative
advantage for successful economic growth. This
statement best describes Chicago’s
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Threshold
Site
Situation
Density
Functional zonation
Which of the following central place functions is most
likely to have the highest range of goods and highest
threshold population?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Used car lot
High school
Hand-surgery center
Steakhouse
Furniture store
Who came up with the Central Place Theory?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Christaller
Rostow
Burgess
Wallerstein
Beck
The earliest model of the North American city is the:
a) Sector Model
b) Urban Zones Model
c) Concentric Zone Model
d) Multiple Nuclei Model
The sector model o f city structure assumes that
typical spatial behavior involves people commuting
primarily? SQp17.18
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Around the outer belt
In and out of downtown
Within downtown
Within neighborhoods
Between adjacent cities
The Latin American city typically differs from the North
American city in which of the following ways?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The Latin American city often has higher densities in
peripheral zones and less population density in the central
business district.
The central business district is more dominant in its
influence over its related urban land in the North American
city than in the Latin American city.
The Latin American city typically does not show as strong a
trend toward suburbanization as does the North American
city.
The North American city shows more influence of the
sector model growth patterns than does the Latin
American city.
The urban realms model is more strongly explanatory and
predictive of Latin American urban growth than it is of
North American urban growth.
Planned communities would most
likely be found in what type of
urban setting?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Transition zones
CBDs
Perifericos
American suburbs
Ghettos
Self-sufficient urban area within a greater metropolitan
complex; often develops on highway exits
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B.
C.
D.
E.
edge cities
Squatter Settlements
World city
Shock city
Megacity
Area of a Latin American city that has been neglected by the
government; Criminal activity abounds…
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
urban realm
Griffin-Ford model
disamenity sector
McGee model
shantytowns
A city board decides to attract a major entertainment
industry as part of its urban revitalization plan, which of
the following describes this act?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
zoning laws
redlining
blockbusting
commercialization
gentrification
An plan that attempts to cut down on congestion and limits the
spread of urbanization to new surrounding areas is called…
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
tear-downs
McMansions
urban sprawl
new urbanism
gated communities
Within the framework of central place theory,
which of the following the lowest order good or
service?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A furniture store
An orthodontist
A gas station
A jewelry store
A professional football stadium
Traditionally, the Ganges Valley and the Nile Valley
have had comparatively high population densities
because of their
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Tropical climate
Heavy industrialization
In-migration from neighboring arid areas
Intensive agriculture based on irrigation
designation as sacred sites
International company headquarters, significant global
financial functions, and a polarized social structure are
defining characteristics of …
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Primate cities
Entrepots
Forward capitals
World cities
Edge cities
All of the following have helped to create ghettos in North
American cities EXCEPT…
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A block busting and racial steering
Redlining by financial institutions
Concentration of public housing and
social services
Fixed school district boundaries
Economic enterprise zones
Which of the following is useful for scribing a
settlement node whose primary function is to
provide support for the population in its
hinterland…
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Von Thunen’s model of land use
Concentric zone model
Core-periphery model
Rostow’s model of economic
development
Christaller’s model of central place
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which of
the following types of intraregional migration was the most
prominent worldwide?
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Rural to urban
Urban to suburban
Inland to coastal
Highland to lowland
Urban to rural
The internet is reshaping traditional economic
arrangements by…
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Reinforcing the dominance of the
central business district for retail sales
Expanding the importance of express
package delivery systems
Increasing the importance of rail
transportation as compared to truck
transportation
Bringing consumers and producers into
face-to-face contact
Creating more enclosed shopping malls.
Early stages of the core-periphery model describe the RT
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Relationship between the outward appearance of a
place and its internal functioning
Ways that suburban workers commute to urban
workplaces
Relationship between the underlying structure of a
society and its outward expressions
Social and cultural differences between urban and
rural people
Relationship of power and the transfer of resources
from less developed to more developed areas
Which of the following is NOT a reason for rapid
suburbanization of the United States after the Second
World War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Mass production of the automobile
Reduction in long-distance commuting
Expansion of home construction
Expansion of the interstate highway
system
Availability of low down payment terms
and long-term mortgages
According to the rank-size rule, if the largest city of the
country has a population of 10 million, the next largest city
will have a population of…
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
9 million
8 million
7.5 million
5 million
3.5 million