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Urbanization, projected to be the dominant form of settlement by 2005 according to the United Nations, is growing fastest in the developing world. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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2 | |
Expansion of megacities in the developing world is ______________. |
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| | A) | increasing at a high rate |
| | B) | increasing at a slow rate |
| | C) | stabilizing and slowing down |
| | D) | no longer taking place |
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3 | |
Besides Megalopolis, which of the following areas is a conurbation in North America? |
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| | A) | Southern Great Lakes |
| | B) | Coastal California |
| | C) | Windsor-Montreal |
| | D) | Vancouver-Willamette |
| | E) | all of the above |
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4 | |
Which settlement pattern dominates rural areas globally? |
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| | A) | nucleated (hamlet and village) |
| | B) | dispersed (isolated farmsteads) |
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5 | |
Cities can be traced as a form of settlement pattern to at least how many years ago? |
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| | A) | 26,000 |
| | B) | 16,000 |
| | C) | 6,000 |
| | D) | answer not given |
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6 | |
An urbanized area is the physical city whereas the metropolitan area is the functional city. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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7 | |
A location that is classified as break-of-bulk, head-of-navigation, bay head, or railhead, is being categorized according to its ___________________. |
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| | A) | site characteristics |
| | B) | situation characteristics |
| | C) | both site and situation characteristics |
| | D) | neither site and situation characteristics |
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8 | |
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. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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9 | |
The flow of goods, services, communications, and people in an urban hierarchy is _________________. |
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| | A) | top-down only |
| | B) | bottom-up only |
| | C) | two-way (up and down) |
| | D) | none of the above |
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10 | |
Primate cities are to be found only in the developing world. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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11 | |
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? |
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| | A) | Zurich |
| | B) | Frankfurt |
| | C) | London |
| | D) | Amsterdam |
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12 | |
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 ________________. |
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| | A) | rank-size rule |
| | B) | urban influence zone |
| | C) | central place theory |
| | D) | network cities rule |
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13 | |
Network cities is a phenomenon yet to be developed in the United States and Canada. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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14 | |
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. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Which of these models of urban land use structure is the oldest and the basis for the evolution of the other two models? |
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| | A) | concentric zone model |
| | B) | sector model |
| | C) | multiple-nuclei model |
| | D) | galactice cities model |
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16 | |
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? |
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| | A) | ethnic status |
| | B) | social status |
| | C) | family status |
| | D) | "A" and "B" |
| | E) | "B" and "C" |
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Suburbanization reached its peak in the United States in the __________________. |
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| | A) | 1950s |
| | B) | 1960s |
| | C) | 1970s |
| | D) | 1980s |
| | E) | 1990s |
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18 | |
During the 1990s, suburban-based outer cities began to equal and to exceed central city central business districts as the economic focus of cities. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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19 | |
Which of the following criteria is necessary in sufficient amounts for a place to be categorized as an "edge city" according to Garreau's thesis? |
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| | A) | office space |
| | B) | retail space in malls |
| | C) | more jobs than residents |
| | D) | all of the above |
| | E) | none of the above |
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20 | |
Central city change is characteristically the same in the eastern cities of the United States as it is in its western cities. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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21 | |
Where did the greatest urban growth taken place in late 20th century America? |
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| | A) | Northeast and Middle West |
| | B) | Southeast and Great Lakes |
| | C) | Great Plains and Atlantic East |
| | D) | Mountain and Pacific West |
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22 | |
Central city revitalization became significant in the 1990s. In addition to "circular and cumulative" growth, this renewal was sparked in many instances by gentrification. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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23 | |
During the 1980s and 1990s, homelessness in the United States ________________. |
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| | A) | decreased significantly |
| | B) | decreased slightly |
| | C) | stabilized |
| | D) | increased slightly |
| | E) | increased significantly |
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24 | |
Compared to Los Angeles, the standard by which urban sprawl has been measured traditionally in North America, Phoenix is __________________. |
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| | A) | more sprawled |
| | B) | equally sprawled |
| | C) | slightly less sprawled |
| | D) | considerably less sprawled |
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25 | |
Resisting and restricting urban expansion, such as the "smart growth" programs favored by some urban planners, is a land use approach undertaken only in the Pacific Northwest. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education