Key Issues 13.1 and 13.2: Urban Patterns of Settlement

The process whereby an increasing percentage of people live in an urban area is known as:

• demographic transition.
• rank-size rule.
• urbanization.
• central place theory.

The important element of urbanization is an increase in the:

• number of people living in urban settlements.
• percentage of people living in urban settlements.
• land area occupied by urban settlements.
• all of the above

Which statement best describes the relationship between urbanization and the Industrial Revolution?

• urbanization promoted the Industrial Revolution
• the Industrial Revolution promoted urbanization
• urbanization preceded the Industrial Revolution by hundreds of years
• urbanization and the Industrial Revolution are unrelated

Of the 10 largest urban areas in the world, how many are in MDCs today?

• 1
• 2
• 4
• 7

The city plus its built-up contiguous suburbs is the:

• central city.
• metropolitan statistical area.
• urbanized area.
• regional government federation.

In the U.S., which of the following definitions of a city covers the largest land area?

• CBD
• central city
• urbanized area
• metropolitan statistical area

Higher social heterogeneity in urban settlements means that:

• the people with whom you relax are probably the same ones you see at work.
• the people are more alike than in rural settlements.
• you compete for limited space.
• you may feel lonely and isolated in a diverse crowd.

Urban areas are more likely than rural areas to have:

• larger population size.
• higher population density.
• more heterogeneity.
• all of the above.

Megalopolis refers to:

• adjacent, overlapping metropolitan statistical areas.
• a large, densely packed city center.
• consolidated metropolitan statistical areas.
• regional government federation.

Compared with European cities, the amount of sprawl in the U.S. is:

• about the same.
• less.
• greater.
• better controlled.