Unit 6 Cities & Urban Patterns

Most early cities first formed along rivers for what primary reason?

• Citizens needed navigable rivers for ease of transporting goods.

• Citizens needed the water from the rivers to irrigate their crops.

• Citizens needed the salt water available in tidal basins for preserving food.

• Urban hydrology required an outlet for sewage treatment plants.

• Citizens needed the fresh water for drinking and other survival means.

What is a core city and its built up suburbs called?

• Central City

• Urbanized area

• Rural area

• Density gradient

• Intensive land use

New York City is viewed as a world city for which of the following reasons?

• It has a population of over 10 million people

• It is the home to the headquarters of numerous multinational corporations

• It has twice the number of people than the next largest city in America

• It is located on the coast

• It was the first city founded by European settlers in the United States

Which of the following scenarios might alter the situation of a city?

• diamond mine is opened in the city.

• A new mall is opened in the downtown area.

• A new high speed rail link connecting the east and west of the country passes through the city.

• A new transit system is built within the city.

• A new university opens in the city.

A clustering of tall office buildings, shopping malls and commercial establishments along a major interstate highway is an example of what concept?

• An edge city.

• Suburban sprawl.

• A zone in transition.

• New urbanism.

• Gentrification.

The nth largest city is 1/nth the population of the largest city in the country. This illustrates what example in urban geography?

• Primate city.

• Economic sizing.

• The gravity model.

• Rank size rule.

• Rank size distribution.

Which of the following models is used to explain the interaction between cities?

• The urban realms model.

• The Ravenstein model.

• The Burgess model.

• The Gravity model.

• The von Thünen model.

Which best describes the zone of transition in the Concentric Zone Model?

• A zone between the middle-class housing and commuters.

• A zone of industry and poorer quality housing.

• A zone between the central business district (CBD) and middle-class housing.

• A zone between industry and commuter.

• A zone that only exists in newer cities.

According to the classic bid-rent curve, what happens to land value as one gets closer to the city?

• Land gets more affordable along busy streets.

• and gets more expensive closer to the city.

• and gets more expensive in the outer rings.

• Land gets used extensively for transportation services.

• Land gets more expensive the further you get from the city.

The Burgess Concentric Zone model, the Hoyt Sector model and the Harris-Ullman Multiple Nuclei are classic models that are useful for explaining urban development in the United States. Which of the following characteristics is unique to the Multiple Nuclei model?

• The central business district is at the heart of the model

• There is a zone devoted to industry

• There are different zones of residency based on income level

• It is based on the structure of the city of Chicago

• It has more than one business district