Chapter 12 MC Test

1) The French long-lot system was developed primarily because of A) need for access to a river. B) inheritance laws. C) common grazing land. D) long distance between farms. E) collective land ownership.

A

10) Of the ten largest urban areas in the world, how many are in More Developed Countries today? 10) ______ A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8 E) 10

A

13) A primate city is 13) ______ A) at least twice as large as the next smaller city. B) a rapidly growing city. C) the center of gravity for a hinterland. D) the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese. E) a city with political, economic, and cultural functions.

A

24) Why is the absence of a rank-size distribution significant in a country like Romania? 24) ______ A) Consumers do not all have access to goods and services. B) Central planning improved settlement distribution. C) The capital city Bucharest is a primate city. D) Consumers do not have to travel far for goods and services. E) Consumers are less likely to take buses to obtain goods and services.

A

25) A ________ is an example of a settlement that specializes in public services. 25) ______ A) state capital B) hospital C) retirement community D) shopping mall

A

29) What factors determine where back office services will locate in LDCs? 29) ______ A) low wage rates and workers who can speak English B) political stability and cultural diversity C) tax advantages and bank secrecy laws D) market threshold and service range E) military training and proximity to command and control centers

A

3) The most likely religious reason for the origin of settlements was a place to 3) _______ A) bury the dead. B) educate children. C) house the ruler. D) celebrate seasonal festivals. E) protect the group's assets.

A

31) Business services provide what kind of services? 31) ______ A) services to businesses B) security and protection C) services for the wellbeing of individuals D) product sales E) diffusion and distribution of services

A

32) A market area is a good example of what kind of region? 32) ______ A) functional B) diverse C) formal D) uniform E) cultural

A

33) Urbanization can be analyzed by looking at the ________ and ________ of people living in cities. 33) ______ A) number and percentage B) density and homogeneity C) size and density D) percentage and density E) number and homogeneity

A

35) A central place is a 35) ______ A) market center. B) hinterland. C) rank-size distribution. D) range of a good. E) circular settlement.

A

36) The fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century A. D. brought about what change in urban settlements? 36) ______ A) reduction in urban population B) development of city-states C) rapid urbanization D) increased trade E) revival of urban life

A

44) The most significant impact on the rural landscape of Great Britain's enclosure movement was to 44) ______ A) encourage a dispersed rural settlement pattern. B) increase rural population. C) discourage urbanization. D) reinforce the traditional clustered rural settlement pattern. E) all of the above

A

46) The typical medieval European urban settlements were characterized by the 46) ______ A) placement of buildings around a central market square. B) dispersal of palaces, churches, and other important buildings throughout the town. C) provision of parks and open space surrounding important churches. D) demolition of ancient walls surrounding the town. E) broad avenues in residential districts.

A

9) The city-state is an example of 9) _______ A) a state dominated by its major city. B) a functional region. C) diffuse political functions. D) a local government of the Roman Empire. E) an early form of urban settlement.

A

11) Periodic markets feature 11) ______ A) prices that change on a seasonal schedule. B) vendors who move to serve more towns. C) large sales after the holiday season. D) specialized business services.

B

18) Clustered rural settlements were most common in which region of colonial America? 18) ______ A) Coastal margins B) New England C) Middle Atlantic D) Southeast E) all of the above

B

21) If a country's largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants and the second largest city has 200,000 inhabitants, the country follows what distribution? 21) ______ A) economic base B) primate city C) rank-size D) central place E) equidistant

B

23) If a country follows the rank-size rule, if the largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants, how many people live in the fifth largest city? 23) ______ A) 100,000 B) 200,000 C) 5,000,000 D) 50,000 E) 500,000

B

28) Central Place Theory predicts larger settlements are 28) ______ A) more numerous and evenly dispersed. B) less numerous and farther apart. C) less numerous and closer together. D) more numerous and farther apart. E) more numerous and closer together.

B

41) Defining cities based on business services found in each gives the ordered hierarchy of 41) ______ A) manufacturing centers, military centers, mining centers, and resort, retirement, and residential centers. B) world cities, command and control centers, specialized producer-service centers, and dependent centers. C) dominant world cities, major world cities, command and control centers, and secondary world cities. D) command and control centers, secondary world cities, specialized producer-service

B

42) Which statement best describes the relationship between urbanization and the Industrial Revolution? 42) ______ A) Urbanization and the Industrial Revolution are unrelated. B) The Industrial Revolution promoted urbanization. C) Urbanization preceded the Industrial Revolution by thousands of years. D) Urbanization preceded the Industrial Revolution by hundreds of years. E) Urbanization promoted the Industrial Revolution.

B

50) The maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service is 50) ______ A) threshold. B) range. C) median. D) hinterland. E) meridian

B

7) Attracting a new basic industry is important to a community, primarily because it 7) _______ A) changes the nation's rank-size distribution of settlements. B) stimulates new nonbasic industries. C) changes the community's functional classification. D) disrupts the central place hierarchy. E) replaces obsolete industry.

B

15) In a linear community, the best location for a service is the 15) ______ A) range. B) threshold. C) median. D) hinterland. E) meridian

C

40) Residents of rural settlements are more likely than residents of urban settlements to work in 40) ______ A) manufacturing. B) services. C) agriculture. D) education. E) all of the above

C

47) World cities are defined by 47) ______ A) their total population. B) their location relative to other cities. C) the number and type of business services found there. D) B and C

C

48) The hierarchical organization of settlements by size is known as the 48) ______ A) economic base. B) gravity model. C) rank-size rule. D) primate city. E) nesting of settlements.

C

5) The attraction of the call center industry to locate in India can best be explained by 5) _______ A) Indian students' ability to work at night and geographic situational factors. B) wide use of English and the large number of working students. C) low wages and wide use of English. D) low wages and geographic situational factors. E) none of the above.

C

12) According to the gravity model, the potential use of a service at a location is related 12) ______ A) directly to both population and distance. B) inversely to both distance and population. C) to the presence of other services. D) directly to population and inversely to distance. E) directly to distance and inversely to population.

D

14) In a country with a primate city 14) ______ A) the largest city is more than twice as large than the second largest city. B) the country's n-th largest city is 1/n-th the population of the largest city. C) goods and services may not be evenly distributed throughout the country. D) A and C. E) B and C.

D

19) Which of the following statements best describes an impact of the global recession that occurred in 2008? 19) ______ A) MDCs were affected more than LDCs. B) The Midwest, South, and Western regions of the US were hit disproportionately harder than other areas of the US. C) It was the first absolute decline in world GDP since the 1930s. D) all of the above E) none of the above

D

2) Most people in the world live in what type of settlement? 2) _______ A) metropolitan area B) primordial C) dispersed rural D) urban settlement E) clustered rural

D

20) A firm that sells its products primarily to consumers outside its settlement is a 20) ______ A) primate city. B) functional classification. C) nonbasic industry. D) basic industry. E) consumer service.

D

22) The area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted is the 22) ______ A) threshold. B) range. C) median. D) hinterland. E) meridian

D

26) Which of the following is a basic economic activity? 26) ______ A) travel agency B) grocery store C) gas station D) steel mill E) video rental store

D

27) LDCs specialize in what two types of business services? 27) ______ A) regional command and control centers B) management consulting and staff training C) biotechnology and medical research D) offshore financial and back office E) entertainment and recreation

D

37) According to the range concept of Central Place Theory, people should be willing to travel far distances for a(n) ________ and only willing to travel short distances for ________. 37) ______ A) flight out of an airport; groceries B) wedding; a fast food restaurant C) championship sporting event; a cup of coffee D) all of the above E) none of the above

D

38) Richard Florida's research identified a relationship between the distribution of 38) ______ A) rural and urban settlements. B) central places. C) business and consumer services. D) talent and diversity.

D

45) Which services constitute up to two-thirds of GDP in MDCs? 45) ______ A) public B) consumer C) business D) the combination of all three of the above E) none of the above

D

6) The process of using comparable markets to help geographers predict the market share of a proposed new store is called the 6) _______ A) central place theory. B) gravity model. C) hinterland model. D) analog method.

D

16) One of the most important basic activities in the southern Great Lakes region is 16) ______ A) high technology services. B) entertainment and recreation facilities. C) government and education. D) manufacturing of textiles. E) manufacturing of durable goods.

E

17) Which of the following is considered to be an original hearth of urban settlement? 17) ______ A) Mesopatamia B) China C) Egypt D) Indus Valley E) all of the above

E

30) Which of the following is not primarily a consumer service? 30) ______ A) education services B) retail services C) health services D) hospitality services E) professional services

E

34) A place where farm buildings, homes, and churches are found close together is what kind of settlement? 34) ______ A) urban B) linear C) primordial D) dispersed rural E) clustered rural

E

39) Which of the following is a reason for establishing a settlement? 39) ______ A) politics B) family protection C) religion D) manufacturing E) all of the above

E

4) Dispersed rural settlements, typically found in the North American rural landscape, are comprised of 4) _______ A) farmers living alongside neighbors in settlements B) farmers clustered along a river or road to facilitate communication amongst each other C) farmers living in a central space surrounded by structures D) all of the above E) none of the above

E

43) According to Louis Wirth, urban areas are more likely than rural areas to have 43) ______ A) larger size. B) more heterogeneity. C) higher density. D) A and B E) all of the above

E

49) The geometric pattern which geographers use to represent market areas is 49) ______ A) a circle. B) a square. C) an octagon. D) a pentagon. E) a hexagon.

E

8) The important element of urbanization is an increase in the 8) _______ A) number of people living in urban settlements. B) land area occupied by urban settlements. C) percentage of people living in urban settlements. D) B and C E) all of the above

E