Chapter 14 ~ Test 3
As demand grows, some traders stay in place and eventually periodic markets are replaced by ____. Question 2 options: 1) Fixed markets 2) Currency markets 3) Commodity markets 4) Wholesale markets
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Rank size distribution refers to: Question 13 options: 1) The simple and regular relationship between city rank and its population 2) The relationship between city rank and its cultural importance 3) When one city dominates the national urban system 4) Size and colonial history
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The threshold of a good is the necessary minimum population to support the continued supply of that good. Question 5 options: 1) True 2) False
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Rank size distribution is also referred to as: Question 14 options: 1) First law of geography 2) Zipf's Law 3) Law of demand 4) Law of logarithms
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What does GaWC stand for in the context of urban geography? Question 26 options: 1) The Globalizaiton and World Cities Study Group & Network 2) The Geography alphabet and Warmer Climates 3) The Globalization and World Series Group & Network 4) The Geography alphabet & World Studies
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What is the range of a good or service? Question 4 options: 1) The distance consumers are willing to travel to get it 2) The distance the good or service is transported to consumers 3) The size of the area where the good or service is desired 4) The necessary minimum population to support continued supply of a good
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Which city is not listed as an Alpha city according to the GaWC? Question 30 options: 1) Baghdad 2) Dubai 3) Sydney 4) Hong Kong
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___________ shrink in economic importance when the range and threshold of goods and services both increase. Question 12 options: 1) Small towns 2) Medium sized towns 3) Big cities 4) Megalopolises
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Choose a country that is not an example of rank size distribution: Question 16 options: 1) China 2) Peru 3) India 4) USA
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What is not one of the factors that leads to the statement that global urban research has poor quality of comparative data? Question 22 options: 1) Population censuses are of varying degrees of accuracy. 2) The standard definitions of city and metropolitan regions are the same everywhere. 3) Population figures for most cities around the world are more estimates than precise figures. 4) Population figures are more appropriate for rough comparisons.
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What is the "dirty little secret" of global urban research? Question 21 options: 1) The colonial past 2) The colonial present 3) The poor quality of comparative data, even basic data such as population 4) The high quality of comparative data, especially basic data such as population
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Which "black hole" city has witnessed the decline of the rule of law and social anarchy, according to our textbook? Question 23 options: 1) Seoul 2) Dubrovnik 3) Kinshasa 4) Sydney
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Which of the following best explains the range of a loaf of bread versus a piece of jewelry from Tiffany's? Question 8 options: 1) A buyer will travel a long distance for either product. 2) A buyer will travel further for life-sustaining bread than for electronics. 3) A buyer will travel further for a laptop computer than bread. 4) A buyer will only travel a short distance for either item.
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Who was described as Hitler's Geographer? Question 10 options: 1) Michael Watts 2) David Harvey 3) Walter Christaller 4) Carl Ritter
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In 1994, New York City was the country's leading producer of information flows. To what city did it send the highest number of items? Question 24 options: 1) San Francisco 2) Miami 3) Atlanta 4) Los Angeles
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Periodic markets occur in villages and towns when __________. Question 1 options: 1) Markets seek to maximize travel for vendors by making them closer together. 2) Vendors are relatively stationary. 3) Demand density is low and vendors are relatively stationary. 4) Demand density is low and vendors are relatively mobile.
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Which city is not listed as an Alpha city according to the GaWC? Question 29 options: 1) Las Vegas 2) London 3) New York 4) Tokyo
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The attributes of individual cities are the GaWC's primary focus; not relations (links, connections, and flows). This is one of their major contributions to urban scholarship. Question 28 options: 1) True 2) False
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Which of the following is an example of a higher order good? Question 6 options: 1) a gallon of milk 2) an automobile 3) a haircut 4) a daily newspaper
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We have defined a world city as a major node in the organization of the world economy. The term was coined by Geddes and rejuvenated by Friedmann. Question 25 options: 1) True 2) False
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States are the areal units studied by the GaWC; not cities. This is one of their two major contributions to urban scholarship. Question 27 options: 1) True 2) False
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Which of the following is not a reason for Bangkok's degree of urban primacy? Question 18 options: 1) With a population of 65 million, just over 15 million live in Bangkok. 2) It has strong ties to Chiang Mai, the main transmission hub of economic globalization for Thailand and the wider region. 3) It is the unchallenged center of political, intellectual, and religious life. 4) By 2005 the city was responsible for almost half of all gross domestic product.
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Choose a country that is not an example of primate distribution: Question 15 options: 1) Togo 2) Nigeria 3) India 4) Greece
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The primate city's population is more than ______times the combined population of the next two largest cities. Question 17 options: 1) 6 2) 4 3) 3 4) 2
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Walter Christaller visualized a range of __________ structures depending if the system was geared to optimizing markets, minimizing travel or optimism administrative boundaries. Question 9 options: 1) Circular 2) Square 3) Hexagonal 4) Octagonal
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of central place theory? Question 11 options: 1) Strengths include insights into massive urbanization; weaknesses include notions of complementary region. 2) Strengths include insights into rapid metropolitanization now occurring; weaknesses include not helping us identify the effective influence of a city across space. 3) Strengths include range and threshold of goods and services; weaknesses include unimportant tool to uncover some of the socio-spatial relations in urban networks. 4) Strengths include the measurement and definition of complementary regions; weaknesses include little insight into massive urbanization occurring today.
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When does primate distribution occur? Question 20 options: 1) When there is a simple and regular relationship between city rank and its population. 2) When three cities dominate the national urban system. 3) When large, high-income countries have one city that dominates the global urban system. 4) When one city dominates the national urban system.
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Which of the following is an example of a lower order good or service? Question 7 options: 1) a heart surgery 2) a totally sweet and awesome La-Z-Boy recliner 3) a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography 4) a carton of eggs
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Which of the following is not an example of periodic markets? Question 3 options: 1) Farmers' markets 2) Bazaars 3) Flea markets 4) Supermarkets
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Which of these is not an urban national network that was discussed in our textbook? Question 19 options: 1) Rank size distribution 2) Primate distribution 3) Non-primate distributions 4) Absolute distribution
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