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In the earliest days of cities what was the key distinction between city dwellers and rural dwellers?

all rural people were involved in agricultural production, but not all city people were

The earliest cities arose along all of the following major rivers EXCEPT the:

Volga

Which of these generalizations about current urbanization is correct?

Urban growth in less-developed countries is driven by rural-to-urban migration and higher-than-average fertility rates of recent migrants

In which country did the Cultural Revolution force people out of cities and into the countryside?

China

What is at the center of the capitalist city?

buildings dedicated to business

The second urban revolution came about primarily as a result of:

innovations in mining and manufacturing

Which of the following best describes the second wave of Garreau’s 1991 theory about the development of edge cities?

It resulted in the movement of jobs closer to where the workforce population lived

Which of the following would be considered an effect of suburban sprawl?

Sprawl has resulted in corporations decentralizing and shifting some of their operations out of the CBD and closer to their suburban workforces

Which of the following is a trend associated with world urbanization?

Almost all worldwide population growth over the next 50 years will occur in urbanized areas

Which of the following terms best describes the process of cleaning the site of a vacant factory and building a new business complex?

infilling

Contemporary definitions of a global city focus on all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:

population

Which of the following is not an accurate statement about the rise of world cities?

The world’s super-rich people are found in each of the world’s global cities

Which of the following statements is true regarding connections and world cities?

World cities offer up-to-date and highly efficient network linkages in transportation

The headquarters of the World Health Organization is located in which of the following cities?

Geneva

Which of the following is found in all world cities?

A major international airport

Which of the following statements is true in reference to rank-size rule?

The rank-size rule is more common in developed countries than in developing countries

Which of the following statements is not true in reference to the gravity model?

Planners can use the gravity model as a predictive tool to help end undesirable patterns of income inequality and environmental degradation

The average person will travel 10 miles to buy a new pair of shoes. According to Christaller

10 miles would be considered the:

Which of the following did Walter Christaller believe people would travel great distances for?

visit a medical specialist

Which of the following statements is not true regarding the rank-size and primate city rules?

Countries with primate cities often have well developed transportation systems which connect the different regions of the country

When considering bid-rent theory in urban areas

which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence for the four North American urban models?

Concentric Zone Model Sector Model Multiple-nuclei Model Galactic City Model

What did Hoyt theorize as the driving influence on the changing structural development of urban areas?

Improved transportation and communication networks

How was the multiple-nuclei model different from the two previous North American internal urban structure models?

The multiple-nuclei model assumed that as people moved further out from the original CBD more business and service nodes would be established away from the original CBD

Which of the following statements is true in reference to the Concentric Zone Model?

Burgess predicted that the CBD would expand outward into the zone of transition which was why many landlords allowed deterioration

Which of the following groups of people were predominantly found in the Alien commercial zone of the Southeast Asian city model?

Chinese merchants

Which of the following statements summarizes recent patterns of city infrastructure economic base and housing?

The loss of businesses from the city creates a fiscal squeeze that challenges the ability of the city to repair and update infrastructure

Which of the following statements about sociocultural patterns is true in reference to North American cities since 1970?

Many industries have left core urban areas and expanded their facilities in the suburbs where land is less expensive

The inability of city revenues to keep up with collapsing infrastructure is known as?

fiscal squeeze

Which of the following best describes how businesses changed in the early 21st century?

A shift of investment from manufacturing jobs to service jobs

Which of the following is one way cities increase tax revenue?

Offer tax breaks to bring in large corporations

As urban transit expanded and housing shifted this process is known as?

cycles of development

Which concept favors walkable mixed-use European-style cities?

New Urbanism

Urban planners rebuilding on abandoned industrial land is called?

infill development

Stopping outward growth and encouraging dense redevelopment is called?

slow-growth city planning

Which principle of New Urbanism focuses on efficiency and reduced car use?

sustainability

Why do some oppose new urban design?

Poor residents may lose affordable housing due to rising land values

Real estate agents scaring homeowners to sell is called?

blockbusting

Which is NOT true of shantytowns?

They both rise and disappear quickly

Which is an example of environmental racism globally?

France sends its nuclear waste to Russia

Which statement about gentrification is NOT correct?

It benefits the poor by raising property values

Which is NOT an aspect of environmental racism?

People excluded by law from lakeside communities

Which addresses fiscal imbalance?

Consolidate services between government districts

Urban vegetation does NOT contribute to?

rodent control

Which is NOT an advantage of brownfield redevelopment?

It creates cheaper property values

A counterargument for cities being unsustainable is?

The urban population lives on only a small portion of Earth’s land

Why would farmers oppose scattered development?

Pressure to close farms and local economic decline

Which is a sustainable growth strategy?

Creating higher population densities

Which regions are best prepared for disasters?

Europe

Cities are hotter than suburbs because of all EXCEPT?

tall buildings redirect airflow