ALL AP HUMAN TEST QUESTIONS
An increase in the demand for a city's goods and services produces rapid in-migration. Which of the following explains why a city often does not experience a corresponding out-migration when the demand for its goods and services declines?
Family and emotional bonds to the city may limit workers' mobility.
Which of the following is true of an edge city?
It has a large amount of recently developed retail and office space.
According to the rank-size rule, which of the following is true about the second-largest city in a county?
It has half the population size of the largest city.
Which of the following best describes urban planning in the United States?
It is accomplished, for the most part, through local ordinances governing land use.
Which of the following models of urban structure depicts a commercial spine bordered by an elite residential sector extending outward from the central business district? (urban realms/concentric zone/multiple nuclei/latin american city/southeast asian city)
Latin american city
Which of the following characteristics applies to more developed countries?
Long life expectancy
Mixed-use development, pedestrian-friendly design, and the incorporation of front porches and alleys are design elements of which of the following? (new urbanism / transit-oriented development / zero growth /urban growth boundaries / leapfrog development )
New urbanism
Which of the following best describes the process of gentrification in US/Canadian cities?
Privately funded redevelopment of existing commercial and residential buildings
Which of the following is the primary geographic effect of the globalization of the economy?
Production is shifted to low-cost locations in developing countries.
Which of the following regions had the smallest percentage of people living in urban areas at the end of the twentieth century? (Australia / South Asia / North America / Europe / South America)
South Asia
What aspect of the design of Brasilia, Canberra, and Washington D.C., was different from the design of most other urban centers?
They were designed as show places to reflect the power and wealth of their respective countries.
The development of high-speed rail lines, highways, and communications systems has created cities that seem to be apart from traditional central-place hierarchies because they have developed complementary functions. Which of the following is an example of these so-called network cities?
Tokyo-Osaka-Nagasaki
According to Christaller's central place model, which of the following would most likely have the smallest range? (a university / an international airport / a grocery store / a professional football stadium / a symphony orchestra hall )
a grocery store
Squatter settlement exist in cities of less developed countries because ____________
affordable housing is not available elsewhere for new migrants to the city
The high-tech firms of Silicon Valley in California are clustered together to take advantage of (cheap labor/economies of sale/access to markets/agglomeration effects/high-speed transportation)
agglomeration effects
All of the following are reasons for the rise of suburnabn development EXCEPT (the building of highways/ the G.I Bill of Rights / better public transportation / the desire for more space / prefab construction methods)
better public transportation
Water runoff is likely to be greatest in which of the following settings? (city/flat farmland/alpine terraces/beachfront/forest preserve)
city
Which of the following is the primary reason for the rapid population growth in megacities throughout the developing world? (inter-regional migration/a decline in the death rate/the natural increase rate/the decline in the dependency ratio/a decrease in the doubling time)
inter-regional migration
According to central place theory, the threshold is defined as the
minimum number of people needed to support a service
According to the rank-size rule, if the largest city in a country has a population of 900,000, the third largest city will have a population of...? (3,000/9,000/45,000/300,000/900,000)
300,000
Since 1960 Brazil, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Tanzania have relocated their capital cities. Which of the following statements about the new locations is true for all five countries?
A more central place was chosen
An ethnic neighborhood is best described as which of the following?
A voluntary urban community where people of similar origin reside
Which of the following is a forward capital? Lima/Brasilia/London/Cairo/Seoul
Brasilia
Which of the following groups would most likely engage in the gentrification of an older residential neighborhood?
Double-income households without children
Which of the following describes a primate city?
It is disproportionately large in relation to the next largest cities in that country
Which of the following was a consequence of blockbusting in North American cities?
The ethnic composition of neighborhoods changed.
A good example of a centripetal force in political geography is
a primate city
A primate city such as Mexico City is ______________
more than twice the size of any other city in its country and dominant economically and culturally
Which of the following types of urban land use is most common on the periphery of cities in Latin America? (a plaza surrounded by a central business district / parks and recreation areas / upper-class residential developments / residential squatter settlements / rail transportation corridors )
residential squatter settlements
In the development of urban land, which of the following is typically built on the most accessible sites? (single-family housing/farm markets/retail complexes/industrial parks/high-rise apartment buildings)
retail complexes
All of the following were crucial to the emergence of the first cities EXCEPT (an agricultural surplus / a stratified social system / labor specialization / a system for food storage and distribution / separation of the religious system and ruling system )
separation of the religious system and ruling system
