Ch 10+11 Human Mosiac

percentage of urban population

percentage of urban population

urbanized population refers to a country's

2500

the United States Census Bureau defines a city as a densely populated area of __________ people or more

10,000,000

the term "world cities" refers to cities having populations of at least

Bombay

which of the following cities is NOT ranked in the world's ten largest metropolitan areas: (Seoul, London, Moscow, New York, Bombay)

primate

the city that dominates the political, economic, and cultural life of a country is the

all of the above

the origin of cities is strongly related to: (plant/animal domestication, improved transportation networks, warfare/defense, improved building techniques)

Mesoamerica

the hydraulic civilization model can be tied to all of the following urban hearths EXCEPT: (China, Mesoamerica, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus River valley)

universe-like form

cosmomagical cities exhibit the three spatial characteristics of a __________, symbolic center, and cardinal direction orientation

functional zonation

the pattern of functional land use within a city is referred to as

agora

the place for public use and markets in ancient Greek cities was the

forum

the __________ was the urban zone of a Roman city where religious, administrative, and educational structures, as well as markets, were located

site selection

the most important contribution or legacy of Roman city builders was probably

town hall

the major functions of the medieval city are depicted in all of the following symbols EXCEPT: (town hall, charter, fortress, wall, marketplace)

cathedral

the medieval town's crowning glory was usually the

true

T/F: most European cities were founded during the medieval period

false

T/F: few of the traditions Western urban life began in the medieval period

true

T/F: the medieval landscape is still with us, giving us a visible history of the city and distinctive form

false

T/F: the Baroque period predated the Renaissance in history

Jean Gottmann

the term and concept of megalopolis was created by

1920

a majority of the American people were not urbanized until

situation

the regional setting of urban location is called the

river-island sited

Mexico City, Montreal, New York City, and Venice are all examples of

threshold

critical to central-place theory is the fact that different goods and services vary both in __________ and range

one million square feet or less of leasable office space

NOT a feature of an "edge city"

"developing" world cities

large-scale squatter settlements are a typical feature of many

census tracts

an excellent method of defining social regions is to isolate one social trait and plot its distribution within a city by using

recognizes the sentiment people have for places

the neighborhood concept is critical cultural geography because it

all of the above

an important economic advantage to central city location has traditionally been: (product cost, advertising, proximity to major transport networks, accessibility)

an economic advantage

agglomeration or clustering is considered

lateral commuting

today, many people travel to work from suburb to suburb. This is called

Federal Housing Administration

the government body known as FHA is an abbreviation for

red-lining

a practice in which banks and mortgage companies designate areas considered to he a high risk for loans

gentrification

the movement of middle-class people into deteriorated areas of city center is referred to as

gentrification

lower-income people of the inner city are often displaced by the process of

ecology

the study of the relationship between an organism and its physical environment is called

topography

the direction of city growth, the patterning of social regions, and the routing of transportation can all be influenced by

true

T/F: the heat generation of a city produces a large mass of warmer air sitting over the city called the urban heat island

true

T/F: during the summer, a city center is warmer than its suburbs

transitional

the concentric zone model of Burgess has five zones. Zone 2, characterized by a mixed pattern of industrial and residential land use, is considered a __________ zone

5

the area of the concentric zone model characterized by commuters and high-income families is zone

Hoyt

the sector model of urban land-use was developed by

after 1945

freeways became part of the city landscape

multiple nuclei

the model that maintains that a city develops with equal intensity around various points is the __________ model

squatter settlements

in the Latin American model the zone of maturity primarily includes

parchment used over and over for written messages

a palimpsest is a

symbolic landscape

a cemetery may be considered part of a city's

all of the above

which of the following is considered a "landmark": (city hall, railway depot, industrial smokestack, White Castle restaurant)

private

shopping malls in North America are ___________ spaces

defensive urban space

Mike Davis discusses patterns of "militarized" space. This space is primarily

true

T/F: many U.S. cities have a pattern of leap-frog expansion, and then in-filling, to use all of the space inside city limits