Ch.11 Test Bank An Urban World Key Test Questions & Answers

Chapter 11 Test Bank: An Urban World Key

1. Central place theory assumes

A. consumers will purchase goods and services from the nearest store.
B. demand for goods and services is insatiable.
C. only motor transport is available.
D. the terrain includes mountains and valleys.

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Section: 11.03 Functions of Cities
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2. In central place theory, threshold refers to

A. the number of people in a central place.
B. the minimum number of consumers necessary for the supply of a product or service.
C. the number of people in a hinterland region.
D. the population of a central place multiplied by the per capita income of the place.

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Section: 11.03 Functions of Cities
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3. The basic sector of an urban area's economy consists of

A. the activities that bring in money from outside the area.
B. its schools and city government.
C. an efficient transportation system.
D. retail functions that serve local customers.

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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4. The multiplier effect means that

A. new non-basic jobs will generate additional basic jobs.
B. new basic jobs will generate additional non-basic jobs.
C. service sector jobs will replace manufacturing sector jobs.
D. regardless of city size, there is a constant ratio of basic to non-basic jobs.

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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5. The estimated urban share of the world population today is approximately

A. 25 percent.
B. 50 percent.
C. 75 percent.
D. 90 percent.

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Section: 11.01 An Urbanizing World
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6. In the competitive bidding for urban land,

A. the most accessible parcels command the highest price.
B. land rents are uniform throughout the urban area.
C. all potential bidders have equal rent paying ability.
D. schools, parks, and civic buildings must also participate in the bidding process.

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Section: 11.05 Inside the City
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7. Which of the following statements regarding basic and nonbasic activities is true?

A. The percentage of jobs in the basic sector tends to decrease as the size of the city increases.
B. Basic activities must occur in the central business district.
C. Nonbasic activities are heavily dependent upon rail and barge transportation.
D. Non-basic activities bring in money from outside the town.

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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8. Population density in U.S. central cities is

A. greatest at the center and gradually decreases toward the suburbs.
B. gradually increases from the center to the suburbs.
C. low at the center, highest in the zone just outside the center, and decreases gradually toward the suburbs.
D. relatively uniform and related to economic base.

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Section: 11.05 Inside the City
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9. Social areas of large, complex American and Canadian cities show residential segregation based upon

A. social status, income, and ethnicity.
B. educational levels, family status, and ethnicity.
C. race, income status, and family status.
D. social status, family status, and ethnicity.

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10. The rank-size rule tells us that the fourth largest urban area in a region will be _______________ the size of the largest urban area.

A. one-quarter
B. one-half
C. one-eighth
D. twice

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Section: 11.04 Systems of Cities
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11. In the social area analysis of cities, social status is based on all the following factors EXCEPT

A. education.
B. occupation.
C. race/ethnicity.
D. income.

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12. The continuously built-up landscape with no reference to the political boundaries that limit the legal city of which it is the extension is called the

A. central city.
B. urbanized area.
C. Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area.
D. metropolitan area.

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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13. According to the concentric zone model, land uses are arranged in which order, moving outward from the center of the city?

A. CBD, zone of transition, zone of industrial workers, commuter zone, zone of better residences
B. zone of industrial workers, zone of transition, zone of better residences, CBD, commuter zone
C. CBD, zone of transition, zone of industrial workers, zone of better residences, commuter zone
D. CBD, zone of industrial workers, zone of transition, zone of better residences, commuter zone

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14. Central place theory predicts all of the following EXCEPT

A. there will be more small towns than larger towns.
B. larger towns will have larger market areas than smaller towns.
C. towns of the same size will be evenly spaced.
D. all towns and cities offer the same products and services.

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15. Central place theory assumes

A. everyday goods such as groceries have a low threshold while specialized goods have a larger threshold.
B. there is a decline in land values with increasing distance from the peak value intersection.
C. that the rural population is unevenly dispersed.
D. that people have different tastes, demands, and incomes in different places.

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16. Which one of the following types of employees is most representative of a basic worker?

A. city government official
B. grocery store clerk
C. steel worker
D. subway conductor

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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17. In the competitive bidding for land, which type of use usually obtains the most accessible sites?

A. commercial
B. industrial
C. single-family residential
D. multiple-family residential

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Section: 11.05 Inside the City
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18. The main shopping and financial heart of a city is called the

A. concentric zone.
B. Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area.
C. central business district.
D. point of accessibility.

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19. The movement of middle-class people to deteriorated portions of the inner city and restoration of deteriorated housing is called

A. displacement.
B. exurbanization.
C. gentrification.
D. homelessness.

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20. All of the following statements about primate cities are true EXCEPT that they

A. are often the national capital.
B. are more than twice as large as the second largest city in the country.
C. are located close to the geographic center of the country.
D. attract low-income migrants from rural areas.

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Section: 11.04 Systems of Cities
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21. Zoning regulations serve all of the following legitimate purposes EXCEPT

A. to provide for the creation in appropriate locations of government buildings.
B. to exclude undesirable land uses, such as waste disposal sites, from residential neighborhoods.
C. to insure homogeneity of ethnicity in keeping with already existing neighborhood characteristics.
D. to provide land for certain private uses, such as shopping centers.

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22. Compared to U.S. settlements, Canadian urban areas of equal population size tend to

A. be less compact.
B. have fewer apartments in the CBD.
C. have less public transportation.
D. have a higher population density.

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23. All of the following fostered suburbanization after World War II in the United States EXCEPT

A. major improvements to public transit systems.
B. construction of the interstate highway system.
C. pent-up housing demand created during World War II.
D. suburbanization of industry in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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24. The urban share of the total population is highest in

A. China.
B. India.
C. Africa.
D. North America and Latin America.

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Section: 11.01 An Urbanizing World
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25. Land use types, in order of increasing land values per unit of land, are

A. residential, commercial, and agricultural.
B. commercial, industrial, and residential.
C. agricultural, residential, and commercial.
D. residential, agricultural, and commercial.

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26. A city has a total of 200,000 workers, with 100,000 engaged in nonbasic activities. What is the basic/nonbasic ratio?

A. 1: 1
B. 1: 2
C. 2: 1
D. 1: 1.5

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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27. According to Christaller's model of central places, towns are surrounded by

A. circular shaped trade areas.
B. square shaped trade areas.
C. pentagonal shaped trade areas.
D. hexagonal shaped trade areas.

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28. Before the middle part of the nineteenth century, all major cities in the United States were located adjacent to

A. major airports.
B. railroads.
C. paved highways.
D. navigable waterways.

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29. Central place theory is concerned with

A. the relation between site and topographic features.
B. the location, size, and spacing of population centers.
C. the land use of major metropolitan areas.
D. land uses in central areas of cities.

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30. A common locational feature associated with the growth of large cities is

A. a location in the deep interior of continents, in accordance with the heartland theory.
B. a location north of the 60^th parallel.
C. a break-in-bulk location.
D. great distances from hubs of transportation routes.

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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31. In what part of the world do cities commonly have a historic core area contained within the remains of walls and a greenbelt on the periphery?

A. Asia
B. Latin America
C. Europe
D. Africa

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Section: 11.06 Global Urban Diversity
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32. In general, which of these units has the largest area?

A. urbanized area
B. metropolitan area
C. suburbs
D. central city

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33. Manufacturing cities in the United States are most heavily concentrated in the

A. Northeast to Midwest.
B. Pacific Coast.
C. South.
D. Great Plains.

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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34. Gentrification is associated with all of the following EXCEPT

A. restoration of deteriorated housing and rising property values in the inner-city.
B. displacement of poor residents of the inner-city.
C. accessibility to high-tech and executive jobs.
D. rearing children.

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35. Which of the following areas of the world reflects the greatest dominance of the automobile in shaping the land use of cities?

A. Europe
B. East Asia
C. United States
D. Latin America

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36. World cities are noted for their

A. nationally prominent financial activities.
B. control over international production and marketing.
C. place at the top of high-density metropolitan areas.
D. economic and social complexity.

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Section: 11.03 Functions of Cities
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37. The three most dominant world cities are

A. New York, Paris, Shanghai.
B. Tokyo, Mexico City, Mumbai (Bombay).
C. London, Tokyo, New York.
D. Los Angeles, Tokyo, Berlin.

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38. The three largest cities in the world in 2007, listed in order, were

A. New York, London, and Tokyo.
B. Tokyo, Delhi, and Mumbai.
C. Mexico City, New York, and Los Angeles.
D. Tokyo, Mexico City, and New York.

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39. What is the name used to describe a city with over 10 million in population?

A. Suburban metropolis
B. Metropolitan area
C. Megalopolis
D. Megacity

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40. The three largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. listed in order are

A. New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
B. New York, Los Angeles, and Miami.
C. Los Angeles, New York, and Boston.
D. Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.

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41. Which of the following U.S. cities has no zoning regulations?

A. Miami
B. Dallas
C. Houston
D. Phoenix

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Section: 11.05 Inside the City
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42. In contrast to U.S. cities of the same size, Canadian cities are

A. Less compact
B. More suburbanized
C. More densely settled
D. Lower in building density

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43. Energy conservation and environmental sustainability requires that

A. Urban areas' housing becomes less dense
B. Walking cities are created
C. Mass-transit to older suburbs is increased
D. There is a return to rural environments

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44. The major variables responsible for shaping internal land use patterns of cities are

A. Accessibility, competitive markets, non-basic activities
B. Transportation technologies, competitive markets, accessibility
C. Basic activities, non-basic activities, the rank-size rule
D. Government land acquisition, accessibility, river systems

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45. Cities are growing particularly rapidly in Asia and Africa mainly because of

A. The great migration from urban to rural environments
B. People flocking to cities seeking a better life
C. The transition to a commercial agricultural economy from one of industrialization
D. Lower fertility rates that make it difficult for agricultural areas to feed its population

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46. Gentrification is the rehabilitation of housing in the oldest and now deteriorated inner-city areas by middle and high income groups.

TRUE

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47. Large nodes of industrial, office, and retail activities at the margins of urban areas in the U.S. are called edge cities.

TRUE

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48. Although suburbanization has resulted in residential dispersion, the central city has remained the employment focus of the suburban population.

FALSE

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49. With their greater land mass, Canadian cities tend to be more spread out than U.S. cities of equal size.

FALSE

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50. In the past decade, the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the U.S. were located in the traditional manufacturing belt.
FALSE

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51. Christaller's central place theory is better able to predict the size and spacing of towns in an agricultural region than in a mining region.

TRUE

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Section: 11.03 Functions of Cities
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52. The majority of new arrivals in Third World cities settle in impoverished squatter districts.

TRUE

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53. The urbanized area is defined by structural and population densities, not by legal boundaries.

TRUE

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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54. Situation refers to the relative location of a settlement.

TRUE

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55. Both the concentric zone and sector models assume cities grow and develop outward from a single core.

TRUE

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56. The urban influence zone is inversely proportional to a city's size.

TRUE

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Section: 11.03 Functions of Cities
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57. As a city increases in size, service worker numbers increase more rapidly than do basic workers.

TRUE

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58. Models of urban structure are universal and can be applied to cities in diverse world regions.

FALSE

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59. The highest value land in urban areas is occupied by upper-income residential uses.

FALSE

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60. According to the economic basic model, all jobs are equal when it comes to fostering growth of the city.

FALSE

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61. The gentrification process is predicted by the concentric ring model of urban structure.

FALSE

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62. Many of the largest urban areas in the world are primate cities.

TRUE

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Section: 11.04 Systems of Cities
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63. Since 1970, suburbanization and gentrification processes have made the entire metropolitan area homogeneous in socioeconomic characteristics.

FALSE

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64. The multiplier effect predicts the new land use requirements resulting from growth in urban population.

FALSE

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65. In developing countries, the rich are most apt to live close to the city center.

TRUE

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66. Zoning and subdivision regulations in the United States have been used to exclude undesirable uses such as apartments and low-income housing from upper-income areas.

TRUE

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67. Young adult males constitute the majority of poor people.

FALSE

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68. Most of the megacities, with population over ten million each, can be found in Europe and North America.

FALSE

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69. The land use patterns of the older, eastern U.S. mass transit central cities were fully replicated in the 20^th century urban centers of the Sun Belt.

FALSE

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70. What is the term that refers to the group of most dominant cities in terms of corporate headquarters, stock exchanges, financial services, and advanced services?

World cities

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71. What is the term referring to the expected addition of nonbasic workers and their dependents that accompanies new basic employment

Multiplier effect

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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72. What is the term used by social scientists to refer to the part of the city popularly called downtown?

Central business district

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73. What is the term that refers to a city over 10 million in population?

Mega-city

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74. What is the term that refers to the largest city in a country if its population is more than twice that of the second largest city?

Primate city

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Section: 11.01 An Urbanizing World
Topic: Factors Affecting Systems of World Cities

75. Briefly summarize the recurring pattern of land use arrangements and population densities within the industrial cities developed

during the mass-transit era. Discuss the factors that led to the creation of that pattern.

Main lines of transportation radiated from CBDs of industrial cities. Industrial areas developed along these lines and close to CBD. Population densities are highest just outside of CBD and decline as distances from it increase. Accessibility to mass transit lines created and reinforced this pattern.

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76. Compare and contrast the urbanizing forces and the land use patterns of cities within the developed and the developing world

Developed countries: Cities grew as centers for commerce and industry. Homes of poor are around CBD; homes of commuting well-to-do are farther out.
Developing countries: Cities are centers of commerce, but attract migrants from rural areas, many of whom are unemployed and live in slums on the outskirts of city.

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77. Discuss why a city government might encourage gentrification and why some citizens might oppose it

Some of these areas are being renewed and upgraded. Poor inner-city residents are displaced and lack reasonable housing alternatives.

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Section: 11.05 Inside the City
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78. On an idealized plain of uniform agricultural potential, a regular pattern of central places will presumably emerge. Discuss the features of that pattern, including size, spacing, and functional hierarchies of central places.

Christaller showed that cities of the same size will be equally spaced, and that a hierarchy of cities of varying size classes will develop. The entire system will be interdependent. The lowest-order towns will offer few basic goods; higher-order cities will offer basic goods as well as a variety of higher-order goods.

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Section: 11.03 Functions of Cities
Topic: Functions of Cities

79. Compare and contrast general city form in two of the following regions: North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

Individual responses will require separate evaluations.

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80. Describe how social status, family status, and ethnicity are spatially distributed throughout the typical North American city

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Section: 11.05 Inside the City
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81. Describe gentrification and the reasons it has taken place

As urban areas in the United States become more centers of business and services and less of industry, many professional people are attracted to the relatively cheap land of the formerly poor inner city. A demographic factor has been the rising number of singles and couples without children who are less attracted to suburban housing. Gentrifiers have been drawn to historic buildings and walkable, highly accessible inner-city locations.

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82. Compare and contrast the concentric zone, sector, and multiple nuclei models of urban structure

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83. Describe the cities of the developing world and their problems

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84. Explain the factors that promoted suburbanization in the United States and the impact of suburbanization on central cities.

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85. Explain what some metropolitan regions in the U.S. are doing to control unrestricted growth.

Some examples of growth management include growth boundaries as practiced in Oregon and smart growth policies that restrict suburban sprawl.

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86. How is the peripheral model of urban form different from earlier models of concentric zone, sector and multiple nuclei?

The most important distinguishing feature of the peripheral model is its focus on urban fringes and the metropolitan growth. The three other older models are based on the assumption of urban growth from the central city. They were developed to explain the late 19^th and early 20^th century urban forms. The peripheral model explains the suburbanization of the American cities following the Second World War.

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87. What is the name of the continuous belt of urban area extending from Washington D.C. to Boston?

Megalopolis

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Topic: Internal Characteristics of Cities in North America

88. Explain the role of the informal sector in the cities of the developing world.

Population growth in many developing world cities has exceeded job growth. Thus, many poor people in developing countries support themselves by working as food vendors, peddlers of cigarettes, street-side barbers or tailors constituting the informal sector. As many as half the city population in many developing countries is engaged in such activities.

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Section: 11.06 Global Urban Diversity
Topic: Global Urban Diversity

89. List the assumptions of central place theory. Then, identify situations where those assumptions are not met and explain how this causes deviations from the predictions of central place theory.

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Section: 11.03 Functions of Cities
Topic: Functions of Cities

90. Describe the factors that contribute to a country having a dominant primate city.

The primate city may have once been the capital of an empire as was the case in the United Kingdom, France and Austria, or it may have been a colonial administrative center as in the case of many African countries. In both situations, the primate city grew disproportionately large as it dominated the political and economic life of a country.

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Section: 11.04 Systems of Cities
Topic: Factors Affecting Systems of World Cities

91. Which of the following statements with regard to poverty in U.S. cities is not true?

A. The majority of poor people live in central cities
B. Men depend more than do women on public transportation
C. The central cities have more households headed by women than men
D. The majority of elderly people live in downtowns

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92. Before the advent of railroads all major cities were associated with

A. elevated sites.
B. mountain passes.
C. waterways.
D. valleys.

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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93. Of the following urban structures, which is the largest in a real extent?

A. City
B. Metropolitan area
C. Town
D. Suburb

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94. In the concentric zone model of urban forms, what is the dominant characteristic in the third ring?

A. Older homes for blue-collar workers
B. Apartments for poorest sector of population
C. Condominiums and town homes for wealthy
D. Light industry and warehouses

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95. Which of the following statements concerning the multiplier effect is correct?

A. It is based on the city's fertility rates
B. It only increases, it does not decrease
C. It is only useful in larger metropolitan areas
D. The size of the effect is determined by the city's basic/nonbasic ratio

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Section: 11.03 Functions of Cities
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96. Which of the following statements is an example of the site of the city?

A. Chicago is approximately 850 miles from New York City
B. Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Ohio, Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers
C. Dubuque, Iowa, is in the heart of the midwestern Corn Belt
D. Seattle is located in the Pacific northwest

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Section: 11.02 Origins and Evolution of Cities
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97. Urbanization increases in direct proportion with

A. industrialization.
B. crude birth rate.
C. zero population growth.
D. exclusionary zoning.

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Section: 11.01 An Urbanizing World
Topic: Trends in World Urbanization

98. The overwhelming primacy of the capital city in many developing countries is in part a result of

A. a dictatorial form of government.
B. past colonial heritage.
C. the need to keep the countryside rural to produce food.
D. an inability to get people to concentrate in other urban areas.

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99. The Boston-to-Washington corridor, where metropolitan areas are coalescing, is an example of

A. an urban influence zone.
B. edge cities.
C. an urbanized area.
D. a megalopolis.

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100. Approximately what percentage of the United States and other western nations is urban?

A. 26 percent
B. 56 percent
C. 76 percent
D. 96 percent

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101. Which of the following statements concerning Christaller's Central Place Theory is not correct?

A. The number of larger towns and the number of smaller towns are roughly equal
B. Larger towns are spaced farther apart than smaller towns
C. If one town were eliminated, then the entire system would have to readjust
D. Towns of the same size will be evenly spaced

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102. In a city with a basic/nonbasic ratio of 1:2.5, an increase of 10,000 basic sector jobs would generate how many new total employees in the city?

A. 4,000
B. 10,000
C. 25,000
D. 35,000

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Section: 11.03 Functions of Cities
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103. The total economic structure of the city equals

A. its basic activities.
B. the sum of its basic and nonbasic activities.
C. the difference between its basic and nonbasic activities.
D. its nonbasic activities.

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104. Social areas within a city are defined by

A. businesses, industries and residences.
B. economic base, ethnicity and residences.
C. family status, ethnicity and social status.
D. social status, family status and zoning laws.

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105. Which of the following continents has at least one metropolitan area with over 15 million people?

A. South America
B. Europe
C. Australia
D. Africa

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106. At the beginning of the 20th century only 13 cities exceeded 1 million in population. By 20082010, that figure had reached

A. 53 cities.
B. 125 cities.
C. 488 cities.
D. 550 cities.

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107. Which of the following countries generally exemplifies the rank size rule for an urban hierarchy?

A. England
B. The United States
C. Mexico
D. Vietnam

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108. The land use type that usually occupies the most accessible sites in the city is

A. commercial.
B. agriculture.
C. industrial.
D. residential.

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109. What term refers to the location of a city where cargoes and people must interrupt a journey?

A. Railhead
B. Break-of-bulk
C. Head-of-navigation
D. Hinterland

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110. In which region of the United States are the majority of the country's fastest growing metropolitan areas?

A. Great Lakes
B. North
C. East
D. Sunbelt

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111. The most important factor necessary to the formation of the earliest cities was

A. access to water.
B. agricultural surplus.
C. spiritual leadership.
D. defensible situation.

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112. In the urban hierarchy of world cities, which three cities rank at the very top?

A. Beijing, Tokyo, and Washington DC
B. Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Shanghai
C. London, New York, Tokyo
D. Washington DC, Moscow, Beijing

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113. Self-sufficient residential areas, or microdistricts, are an urban characteristic of cities located in

A. West Europe.
B. Canada.
C. Asia.
D. East Europe.

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114. The spatial distribution based on family status is similar to which urban form model?

A. Concentric model
B. Multi-nuclei model
C. Peripheral model
D. Sector model

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115. Which of the following is an example of a capital city being relocated outside the core region of its country?

A. Washington DC
B. Bangkok
C. Islamabad
D. Shanghai

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116. What term refers to large nodes of office and retail activities at the margin of an urban area?

A. Peak value intersections
B. Central business districts
C. Edge cities
D. Megalopolis

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117. Which of the urban form models focuses on transportation arterials?

A. Sector model
B. Multiple-nuclei model
C. Peripheral model
D. Concentric model

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118. How does the U.S. Census Bureau define urban places?

A. Municipalities in which the largest population center has 10,000 or more inhabitants
B. Places having 2,500 or more inhabitants
C. Administrative centers of localities with streets, electric lights and 1000 inhabitants
D. Any place with over 25,000 inhabitants

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119. The majority of the top 20 megacities (10 million or more inhabitants) are located in which region?

A. Asia
B. Europe
C. South America
D. North America

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120. According to the United Nations, for a city to be designated a "megacity" it must a have a minimum population of

A. 10 million.
B. 25 million.
C. 50 million.
D. 100 million.

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121. The term used to describe a place settlement in relation to the physical and cultural characteristics of other areas is

A. site.
B. situation.
C. settlement.
D. hinterland.

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122. The sector of an urban area's economic structure made up of export activities is the

A. primary sector.
B. secondary sector.
C. non-basic sector.
D. basic sector.

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123. The geographer who developed the Central Place Theory to explain the size and location of settlements was

A. Walter Christaller.
B. Ernest Burgess.
C. Homer Hoyt.
D. Chauncy Harris.

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Section: 11.04 Systems of Cities
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124. If the largest city in an urban hierarchy has a population of 1 million, then according to the Rank-Size rule, the 5th largest city will have a population of

A. 50,000.
B. 100,000.
C. 200,000.
D. 500,000.

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125. The model of urban land use patterns that states that large cities develop by peripheral spread from several nodes of growth is the

A. concentric zone model.
B. sector model.
C. multiple nuclei model.
D. peripheral model.

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126. The phenomenon by which the poor and minorities are trapped in a central city while job creation takes place in the suburbs is called a(n)

A. spatial mismatch.
B. mobility blues.
C. occupational hazard.
D. unemployment effect.

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127. While African-Americans constitute about 12 percent of the US population, they comprise about what percent of all homeless?

A. 10 percent
B. 30 percent
C. 45 percent
D. 70 percent

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128. Government programs to limit sprawl through the development of walkable neighborhoods with a mix of land uses is known as

A. neotraditional progress.
B. intelligent design.
C. density development.
D. smart growth.

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129. The only large city in the United States without zoning regulations is

A. Portland, Oregon.
B. Houston, Texas.
C. Phoenix, Arizona.
D. Chicago, Illinois.

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130. In comparison to cities in the United States, which of the following characteristics of Canadian cities is not correct?

A. Canadian cities are more compact
B. Canadian cities have higher density
C. Canadian cities have taller buildings
D. Canadian cities have less suburbanization

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Section: 11.06 Global Urban Diversity
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131. Collectively, the settlement points at which upriver travel was no longer possible due to rapids and waterfalls on the eastern US seaboard, is known as the

A. riverline.
B. urban ridge.
C. fall line.
D. break point.

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132. Which of the following is not one of the three main functions of any urban settlement?

A. Central place functions
B. Ecological functions
C. Transport functions
D. Special functions

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133. What is the name of the model that takes into account the major changes in urban form that have taken place since World War II?

A. Peripheral Model
B. Concentric Zone Model
C. Sector Model
D. Multiple Nuclei Model

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134. The rehabilitation of housing in the oldest and now deteriorated inner-city areas by middle- and high-income groups is known as

A. apportionment.
B. urban renewal.
C. squatter settling.
D. gentrification.

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Chapter 11 Test Bank: An Urban World Summary

Category-# of Questions

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