Unit 6 Exam Questions - APHUG

The process of settlement formation, expansion, and change is called

Urbanization

Industries during the 1800s located close to CBD’s because

They need to be close to transportation lines

The three most important cities are New York, London, and:

Tokyo

The most urbanized region in the developing world is:

South America

What assumptions are in Christaller’s Central Place theory?

All

Geographically, cities expanded outward before the automobile by growing:

Along transportation lines

What is the outermost ring of the Concentric Zone Model

Commuter Zone/High Class Housing

According to the concentric zone model, the housing stock is the most deteriorated and a sizeable immigrant population in what zone?

zone of transitioning

Hoyts sector model, lower income housing is located in proximity to the central business

true

Although gentrification can revitalize cities, which of the following problems can be explained by building?

higher rent causing displacement

Large cities develop many nodes, in which many different types of people and activities cluster. Which model represents this

Multiple nuclei model

T or F: The elite residential section in the latin american city model is located on either side of the main boulevard that leads to the CBD.

true

What type of land use dominates the periphery of the Latin American City Model

Peripheral squatter settlements

The identification of blighted urban neighborhoods and removing the residents and demolition of deteriorating buildings and rebuilding is known as

Urban renewal

tear downs are to mansions as blockbusting is to _______

White flight

Segregation in the united states was reinforced by the financial practice known as

Redlining

In core areas of the city, the practice of buying up and rehabilitating deteriorating housing which raises housing values is called

Gentrification

An urban center that is disproportionately larger than the second most largest city is called an

Primate city