AP Human Geography Review - Unit Seven

What is a common impact of urbanization regardless of a country's level of economic development?

A. Urbanization means a loss of agricultural production due to the loss of farmland and farmworkers.

B. Urbanization leads to a more egalitarian society as the difference between urban and rural lifestyles is reduced.

C. Urbanization creates a larger cultural and economic gap between urban and rural areas.

D. Urbanization creates a labor force with a diversity of job skills and compensation levels.

E. Urbanization creates socially and economically diverse cities that have little social conflict.

D. Urbanization creates a labor force with a diversity of job skills and compensation levels.

Which of the following similarities best explains why cities such as Venice, Amsterdam, Hamburg, London, and Marseilles were early front-runners in urban development in Western Europe?

A. These cities were early hearths of domestication, functioning as centers of agricultural production.

B. These port cities were centers of trade, serving as links in terms of capital and labor mobility.

C. These cities were early adopters of sustainable design principles, providing an example for other cities.

D. These industrial cities were centers of manufacturing, supplying Western Europe with new technology.

E. These cities were hubs of population growth, rapidly expanding to become the first megacities.

B. These port cities were centers of trade, serving as links in terms of capital and labor mobility.

Which site factor best explains the linear pattern of urbanized areas extending between Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York, and Boston?

A. The development of cities in the region was influenced by the abundance of deep-water harbors and waterfalls where the flat coastal plains met higher lands.

B. The development of urbanized areas in the region was influenced by the ability to easily transport goods between coastal areas and the interior of the country.

C. The growth of cities in the region was influenced by the accessibility of raw materials and markets through rivers and canals.

D. The development of urbanized areas in the region was influenced by growing trade networks between Europe, the Caribbean, and North America.

E. The growth of urbanized areas in the region was influenced by many cities achieving dominance as political, financial, and informational capitals.

A. The development of cities in the region was influenced by the abundance of deep-water harbors and waterfalls where the flat coastal plains met higher lands.

All of the following are reasons for the rise of suburban development in the 1950s EXCEPT

A. the building of interstate highways

B. the G.I. Bill of Rights

C. better public transportation

D. the desire for more space

E. prefab construction methods

C. better public transportation

Which of the following best explains why countries such as Brazil, Burma (Myanmar), Kazakhstan, and Nigeria would construct a new capital city in a different location from the old capital city?

A. To attract world trade to a new site

B. To distance the new capital cities from the countries' colonial histories

C. To be better protected from foreign invasion

D. To be better situated along transportation networks

E. To build modern, planned cities and administrative centers

E. To build modern, planned cities and administrative centers

Which of the following was NOT a reason for rapid suburbanization in the United States after the Second World War?

A. Mass production of the automobile

B. Reduction in long-distance commuting

C. Expansion of home construction

D. Expansion of the interstate highway system

E. Availability of low down payment terms and long-term mortgages

B. Reduction in long-distance commuting

An example of an important physical site characteristic is a

A. major airport

B. grid street pattern

C. major central park

D. natural harbor

E. public sports facility

D. natural harbor

Which of the following is a correct statement about the major cities of the world?

A. Most are located on rivers or seacoasts.

B. Most are found in areas that are not very suitable for agriculture.

C. Most primate cities are located in the United States and western Europe.

D. They are concentrated between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn.

E. The world's fastest-growing cities are found in areas with the highest standards of living.

A. Most are located on rivers or seacoasts.

Historically, the growth of North American suburbs was most constrained by

A. high land values

B. zoning ordinances

C. limited transportation

D. housing shortages

E. cultural preferences

C. limited transportation

Which of the following defines Chicago's position in relation to the infrastructure of the United States?

A. Site

B. Situation

C. Absolute location

D. Vernacular region

E. Transition zone

B. Situation

According to central place theory, the threshold is defined as the

A. economic base of a central place

B. distance away from a central place

C. gross value of the product minus the costs of production

D. minimum number of people needed to support a service

E. point at which consumer movement is at a minimum

D. minimum number of people needed to support a service

Which of the following best explains why New York City has more specialized stores than do smaller urban places in the United States?

A. Its status as a primate city

B. The rank-size rule

C. The gravity model

D. Central place theory

E. The Burgess concentric zone model

D. Central place theory

In the fundamentals of central place theory, which of the following terms is defined as the maximum distance a consumer will travel to acquire a good or service?

A. Distance decay

B. Threshold

C. Cost-to-distance ratio

D. Relative location

E. Range

E. Range

Which of the following groups of cities contains the best examples of central places with large hinterlands?

A. San Diego, Milwaukee, and New Haven

B. Atlanta, Denver, and Calgary

C. Baltimore, Ottawa, and Duluth

D. Las Vegas, Victoria, and Buffalo

E. Miami, Philadelphia, and Quebec City

B. Atlanta, Denver, and Calgary

Which of the following describes a primate city?