AP HUG: U6: Urban Practice

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which generalization does the chart above support?
Each new form of transportation technology slowed urban growth by leading to urbanization, reurbanization, and exurbanization
Some new forms of transportation technology slowed urban growth in peripheral countries and other factors slowed it down
Each new form of transportation technology spurred urban growth by allowing more people to live and work in the central city
Each new form of transportation technology spurred urban growth by producing a new system of moving people and good
Some new forms of transportation technology spurred urban growth and other factors slowed it down
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which phrase best describes the urban central business district (CBD) shown in the photograph
European CBD that mixes low-rise historic buildings with new skyscrapers
Latin America CBD that mixes traditional markets with modern high-rises
European suburban CBD with high-rise residential buildings and high population
African colonial CBD with broad avenues, large homes, and administrative centers
North American CBD near the city's center, offering commercial space, parking, and transportation
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which urban model would best describe a city that includes edge cities along its beltways?
Galactic City Model
Concentric Zone
Multiple-nuclei
Sector
Griffin-Ford
Answer explanation
In the Galactic City Model, improved transportation leads to the building of nodes that mimic the city-center. Mini towns are build that can grow large enough to be considered edge cities
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why do many African cities contain multiple commercial districts?
Colonial central business districts emerged separately from the traditional commercial centers
Africans were traditionally not allowed to use the central business districts used by Europeans
African governments promoted multiple central business districts through urban planning
One central business district is not enough to serve Africa's fast-growing urban population
Locations of Africa's business districts were poorly chosen, requiring multiple downtowns.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following represents a key difference between European cities and North American cities?
European cities do not have suburbs
North American suburbs have a higher population density
European CBDs are less walkable thatn North Americn CBDs
Public Transportaion is better developed to serve North American cities
European suburbs are more ethnically diverse.
Answer explanation
European cities tend to be older and have less opportunity to expand into suburbs as North American cities have.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
T wide, tree-lined avenues, tall office buildings, and mansions of Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma, illustrate what feature of many large Latin American cities?
Disamenity zone
Periférico
Favelas
Commercial Spine
Zone in Transition
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which best explains why European central business districts have largely resisted the construction of skyscrapers and the resulting impressive skylines that typify American cities?
Competition for valuable commercial space is not as keen in European Cities as it is in the U.S.
European culture prefers lower buildings and has negative attitudes toward commercialism and skyscrapers
The centers of European cities contain many historically significant buildings that leaders choose to preserve
The European Union regulates the height of buildings and has forbidden tall buildings for safety concerns
European cities tend to have stronger mass transit systems, so people do not need to be as concentrated in CBDs
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