GEO CH11

According to the rank-size rule, the third-ranked settlement will be what ratio to the size of the first-ranked settlement?

1/3

The pace of suburbanization reached its peak in the United States in the __________________.

1970s

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 jobs in the city?

35,000

At the beginning of the 20th century there were 12 metropolitan areas with populations that exceeded 1 million. By 2000, that figure was approximately:

442.

Cities can be traced as a form of settlement pattern to at least how many years ago?

8,000

Which of the following places satisfies the criteria to be considered an urban area?

A) A place in the United States with 2,500 or more inhabitants. B) A place in Greece with at least 10,000 inhabitants. C) A place in Nicaragua with 1,000 or more inhabitants. CORRECT ANSWER is D) All of the above.

Besides Megalopolis, which of the following areas is a conurbation in North America?

A) Southern Great Lakes B) Coastal California C) Windsor-Montreal D) Vancouver-Willamette This is the correct answer. E) all of the above

When interpreting the spatial layout of the social geography of the city, three geographic patterns become evident. Which pattern has changed the most since the 1970s?

A) ethnic status B) social status C) family status This is the correct answer. D) All three have undergone extensive changes

Squatter settlements:

A) experiencing overcrowding often transform peripheral into vast zones of disease and squalor subject to constant danger from landslides, fire, and flooding. B) reflect an inverse concentric zone pattern in which the elite and upper class reside in central areas and social status declines with increasing distance from the center, for the most part. C) often emerge on peripheral land that is undeveloped or on land that is too steep or flood-prone for conventional development. This is the correct answer. D) All of the above are true for squatter settlements.

Which of the following are considered network cities?

Amsterdam and Rotterdam

In the period following the Second World War, cities in which of the following regions were profoundly shaped by government central planning ministries?

East European city

Central city change is characteristically the same in the eastern cities of the United States as it is in its western cities. True or False

False

In newer automobile-based development, major commercial uses occupy the most accessible and most expensive land along major highway corridors. Higher density housing such as apartments, townhouses, and condominiums often border these commercial districts and lower density single family housing is found in more secluded, less accessible locations. In most communities, these patterns are the product of pure free market bidding. True or False

False

Primate cities are to be found only in the developing world. True or False

False

The descriptions and models that geographers apply to cities in the United States are equally valid for cities around the world. True or False

False

Which of the following statements concerning zoning is not correct?

It is designed to segregate different populations from each other.

Currently, there are three world cities that are the control points for international finance, global marketing, and international production. Two of these are New York and Tokyo. Which of the following is the third world city?

London

The greatest proportion of black segregation in the United States is found in the metropolitan areas of the:

Midwest and Northeast.

As of 2005, which region had the largest percentage of its population residing in cities?

North America

Which of the pairs of regions listed below have the most similar percentage of urban population over the continuum of 1950-2030?

North America; Latin America and the Carribean

Proximity to major highway corridors, international airports, and areas of high social status are characteristics of:

edge cities.

All of the following are common features of cities in the developing world except:

few of the large cities have modern centers of commerce.

According to urban hierarchy theory, any given country should:

have fewer large and complex cities than small towns.

The productive area surrounding the population center that provides the base for the creation of an urban area is the:

hinterland.

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

The size of the effect is determined by the city's basic/nonbasic ratio.

Over the past 25 years homelessness in the United States ________________.

increased significantly

Which of the following is not considered a major reason for the increase in America's homeless population?

increases in soup kitchens, food banks, and shelters run by nonprofit groups

Of the following urban structures, which is the largest in areal extent?

metropolitan area

Which settlement pattern predominates in rural areas globally?

nucleated (hamlet and village)

A good indicator of social status is:

number of persons per room per housing unit.

The least accessible locations within a city tend to be occupied by which land use?

residential

Central places are so named because they:

serve as nodal points for the distribution of goods and services to surrounding nonurban areas.

A location that is classified as break-of-bulk, head-of-navigation, bay head, or railhead, is being categorized according to its ___________________.

site characteristics

Where did the greatest urban growth taken place in late 20th century America?

the West

The minimum number of customers a product or service needs to support its business enterprise is its:

threshold.

Urbanization emerges out of rural settlement patterns when:

trade develops between two or more settlements.

The characteristic that most distinguishes metropolises in developing countries from those in Western nations is the:

transportation networks.

The flow of goods, services, communications, and people in an urban hierarchy is _________________.

two-way (up and down)

Each of the following is a characteristic of women's urban social space except:

women tend to find employment in occupations that are more geographically concentrated than men's occupations.

An urbanized area is the physical city whereas the metropolitan area is the functional city. True or False

True

Central city revitalization became significant in the 1990s. In addition to "circular and cumulative" growth, this renewal was sparked in many instances by gentrification. True or False

True

During the 1990s, edge cities began to equal and to exceed central city central business districts as the economic focus of cities. True or False

True

Network cities are a phenomenon yet to be developed in the United States and Canada. True or False

True

Older cities of the United States and Canada which developed in the era of the mass transit city generally have more concentrated central business districts than do those North American cities which emerged after the automobile became the major transportation influence on the competitive bid for land. True or False

True

The higher the basic/nonbasic ratio, the greater the multiplier effect in economic development while conversely, the higher the decline in the basic sector, the greater the drop in nonbasic employment. True or False

True

Today more people now live in cities than in rural areas. True or False

True

Transportation is one of the most important sources of pollution and making a city walkable is a way to make it a sustainable city. True or False

True

Urban centers have become increasingly popular due to their depiction in movies and on television. True or False

True

A country whose urban system approximates rank-size ordering is:

United States.

The regularity of the distribution of towns of the same size located about the same distance from each other and performing similar economic functions is explained by Christaller's ________________.

central place theory

Which of the following is a characteristic shared among Western European cities?

compact city form

Which of these models of urban land use structure is the oldest and the basis for the evolution of the other models?

concentric zone model

In which of the following world regions would a primate city hierarchy most likely be found?

Africa

Which of the following statements best describes the site of a city?

Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela Rivers.

Cities such as Columbus, Ohio and Denver/Boulder Colorado that are home to state government, major medical facilities and major universities that draw people from their own state and other states are referred to as ________ cities. The aforementioned functions serve as part of these cities' ______ sector.

administrative; basic