Klees Unit 5 Vocab Quiz Review Human Geography

What is the process of growth and development of cities?

• Urbanization
• Suburbanization
• Ruralization
• Realization

What is the process of moving from core urban areas to the suburbs?

• Urbanization
• Suburbanization
• Ruralization
• Realization

What is a prosperous residence that is outside of a suburban area?

• Urban
• Suburban
• Exurb
• Boomburb

What is an abandoned land that has been left polluted by last occupants?

• Megacity
• Brownfields
• Redline
• Blockbusting

What is it when banks refuse loans to urban areas deemed too risky, often inhabited by minorities?

• Megacity
• Brownfields
• Redlining
• Blockbusting

What is it when one ethnic group sells their houses at a cheaper rate out of fear that another ethnic group moves in?

• Megacity
• Brownfields
• Redlining
• Blockbusting

What is the renewal of lower-income neighborhoods into middle- or higher-income neighborhoods?

• Gentrification
• Gerrymandering
• Redlining
• Blockbusting

What is used to explain how cities develop?

• Gentrification
• Gerrymandering
• Urban Land Use Model
• Blockbusting

What is the area that is the commercial hearth of an urban city?

• Down Town
• City Center
• Central Business District
• McDonalds

What is a city that has 10 million or more inhabitants?

• Metropolis
• Megalopolis
• Megacity
• Megablocks