Unit V Review

Question 1

Which services constitute upt o two-thirds of GDP in MDC”s?

Answer 1

Consumer/Public/Business

Question 2

The typical medieval European urban settlements were characterized by what?

Answer 2

Placement of buildings around a central market square

Question 3

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

Answer 3

2

Question 4

Clustered rural settlements were most common in which region of colonial America?

Answer 4

New England

Question 5

The city-state is an example of what?

Answer 5

A state dominated by its major city

Question 6

The minimum number of people needed to support a service

Answer 6

Threshold

Question 7

According the the range concept of CPT, people should be willing to travel far for what and travel short distances for what?

Answer 7

Things not located in residential areas (ex. - airports, weddings, sports events) and services w/in the town (coffee, groceries, restaurant)

Question 8

A linear community is the best location for a service i the

Answer 8

Median

Question 9

Periodic markets feature

Answer 9

Vendors who move to serve more towns

Question 10

The process of using comparable markets to help geographers predict the market share of a proposed new store is called the

Answer 10

Analog method

Question 11

Central Place Theory predicts larger settlements are

Answer 11

Less numerous and farther apart

Question 12

A market area is a good example of what kind of region?

Answer 12

Diverse

Question 13

A primate city is

Answer 13

At least twice as large as the next smaller city

Question 14

What is an example of a basic economic activity?

Answer 14

Steel Mill

Question 15

A firm that sells its products primarily to consumers outside its settlement is a b

Answer 15

Basic Industry

Question 16

One of the most important basic activities in the southern Great Lakes region is

Answer 16

Manufacturing of durable goods

Question 17

What factors determine where back office services will locate in LDC’s?

Answer 17

Low wage rates and workers who can speak English

Question 18

What is an example of a settlement that specializes in public services?

Answer 18

State capital

Question 19

What tech. development has allowed back office services to relocate to LDC’s?

Answer 19

Telecommunications

Question 20

Richard Florida’s research identified a relationship between the distribution of

Answer 20

Talent and Diversity

Question 21

IF a country’s largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants and the second largest city has 200,000 inhabitants, the country follows what distribution?

Answer 21

Primate City

Question 22

The German Gewandorf settlement was observed by hat previously studied geographer?

Answer 22

Von Thunen

Question 23

Sir George Carteret was granted land in which region of the US?

Answer 23

Carolinas

Question 24

The enclosure movement in England coincided with hat other major world event?

Answer 24

Industrial Revolution

Question 25

Paris and London are both examples of what?

Answer 25

Primate cities

Question 26

German geographer Walter Christaller proposed what theory in the 1930's?

Answer 26

Central Place Theory

Question 27

In Latin America, women earn more money as what than what?

Answer 27

Prostitutes than room cleaners

Question 28

Which has a further range in Dayton, OH - Kroger supermarkets or United Dairy Farmers convenience stores?

Answer 28

Kroger

Question 29

To determine the _____ of a service, geographers observe consumer behavior

Answer 29

Range

Question 30

According to the gravity model, the potential use of a service at a location is related:

Answer 30

Directly to population and inversely to distance

Question 31

Which of the following will NOT be found in Herfordshire, England?

Answer 31

South Offley

Question 32

Hair dressers, social workers, and hotel workers fit into which service sector?

Answer 32

Consumer services

Question 33

A primate city is...

Answer 33

At least twice as large as the next smaller city

Question 34

A central place is a...

Answer 34

Market Center

Question 35

In the French long-lot system, houses were erected along a...

Answer 35

River

Question 36

What shape is best used to represent a market area?

Answer 36

Hexagon

Question 37

What % of US jobs fit into the transportation services

Answer 37

6%

Question 38

The hierarchical organization of settlements by size is known as the...

Answer 38

Rank-size rule

Question 39

The area of the city where retail and office activities were historically clustered was the...

Answer 39

Central Business District

Question 40

Compared to the US, poor families in European cities are more likely to be...

Answer 40

Clustered in suburbs

Question 41

European CBD's are similar to those in NA because they both contain

Answer 41

Retail and office activities

Question 42

Retail activities which tend to concentrate in the CBD include those which have...

Answer 42

Services for office workers

Question 43

The CBD attracts offices primarily because of its

Answer 43

High accessibility

Question 44

Land values are high in the CBD primarily because of

Answer 44

Competition for limited space

Question 45

As a result of high land costs, the American CBD is characterized by

Answer 45

Construction of skyscrapers

Question 46

Attractive to consumer and business services for its accessibility & is less important for retail because of changing shopping habits

Answer 46

CBD

Question 47

What activity tends to locate on the street-level floor of a skyscraper in a typical NA CBD?

Answer 47

Retail

Question 48

A land use typically excluded from a NA CBD is...

Answer 48

Industrial

Question 49

An example of the "vertical geography" of a CBD is...

Answer 49

A barber shop on the bottom floor of a building, an accounting form occupying the middle

Question 50

The zone in transition typically contains what?

Answer 50

Warehouses Public Housing Gentrified Buildings

Question 51

According to the concentric zone model, a city develops in a series of...

Answer 51

Rings

Question 52

Chicago is a good location in which to develop urban models because it is located

Answer 52

On a flat prairie

Question 53

According to the sector model, the best housing is located in

Answer 53

A corridor from downtown to the edge of the city

Question 54

Social Area Analysis attempts to explain

Answer 54

The distribution of different types of people in a n urban area

Question 55

The multiple nuclei theory best explains why different neighborhoods of a city attract people of different

Answer 55

Ethnic origin

Question 56

All three models of urban structures...

Answer 56

Help explain why people live where they do in cities Help explain where different types of people live in an urban area Depend on the use of data, like that of the US Census

Question 57

Higher income people tend to live near the center of the city in all but which of the following regions? ``` Latin America North America Africa Western Europe South Asia ```

Answer 57

North America

Question 58

Ramshackle houses on the periphery of cities in LDCs are known as

Answer 58

Squatter settlements

Question 59

Site

Answer 59

City's exact location

Question 60

Situation

Answer 60

Location relative to surrounding areas

Question 61

A social philosophy advocating the removal of inequities among people

Answer 61

Egalitarianism

Question 62

Sanctified Societies

Answer 62

Levels of social classes

Question 63

Functions of early cities

Answer 63

Religious, Economic, and Cultural centers

Question 64

Agora

Answer 64

Market

Question 65

Primate Cities

Answer 65

Leading city; large and dominant/expressive of national culture - may be capital

Question 66

Examples of primate cities

Answer 66

London, Paris, Mexico City, Rome

Question 67

What is the hierarchy of urban centers based on?

Answer 67

Size and function

Question 68

Hamlet

Answer 68

Few services

Question 69

Village

Answer 69

Dozens of services (more specialization)

Question 70

Town

Answer 70

More services/specialization w/in a hinterland

Question 71

City

Answer 71

More specialization/larger hinterland/greater centrality (ex.- CBD and downtown)

Question 72

MEGA CITY

Answer 72

Megalopolis - great city/located in LOC (Ex. - Bosnywash - 1/4 of US population on 2% of land)

Question 73

World City

Answer 73

Most important stock exchanges (Ex- NYC/London/Singapore/Hong Kong)

Question 74

Agglomeration

Answer 74

Shared talents, services, and facilities; when industries locate near one another

Question 75

John Borchert analyzed urbanization in NA based on the impact of what two factors?

Answer 75

Transportation and Communication

Question 76

Rank-size rule

Answer 76

Population of a city/town will be inversely proportional to rank in hierarchy

Question 77

Rank-size rule models have more what and less what?

Answer 77

Many villages and fewer cities

Question 78

When does rank-size rule occur?

Answer 78

When a country doesn't have a primate city

Question 79

Binary Distribution

Answer 79

When a country has to large cities of similar size; rank -size rule may apply regionally

Question 80

Basic Sector

Answer 80

Work that results in exports and inflowing of money (ex- manufacturing/producing products that generate money)

Question 81

Non-basic sector

Answer 81

Services responsible for the function of the city (ex- firefighters/police

Question 82

Centrality

Answer 82

Strength of an urban center to attract producers and consumers

Question 83

Who created the Central Place Theory?

Answer 83

Walter Christaller

Question 84

Urban model - every place has a surrounding...

Answer 84

Complementary region - exclusive hinterland w/in reach

Question 85

Effects of central place model

Answer 85

Ranks of urban places form an orderly hierarchy of central places in spatial balance

Question 86

What are some assumptions made by the Central Place Model?

Answer 86

Even distribution of people/purchasing power, uniform transportation network, flat area w/no barriers

Question 87

Gravity Model

Answer 87

Predicts that potential use of a G or S at a location is directly related to population and inversely to distance - people travel to access G or S

Question 88

Concentric Zone Model

Answer 88

1. CBD 2. Zone of transition 3. Independent worker homes 4. Zone of better residences 5. Zone of commuters/suburbs

Question 89

Example of CZM

Answer 89

Chicago - dynamic (as city grows, inner rings affect outer rings)

Question 90

Hoyt's Sector Model

Answer 90

1. Low income homes near railroad tracks 2. Commercial business near main roads 3. Wedge patterns grow 4. Main focus is transportation

Question 91

Multiple Nuclei Model

Answer 91

1. Specialized Cells of Activity 2. Similar economic activity together 3. Heavy industry located near edge of city 4. Small service centers in suburbs

Question 92

3 types of CBD's

Answer 92

Colonial (Vertical Devlp) Traditional (singly-story, some traditional architecture) Market Zone (open-air, commerce by curbside or stalls)

Question 93

Do residences tend to get richer or poorer as they move farther from the CBD?

Answer 93

Poorer

Question 94

Strong ___ neighborhoods and ___ ethnic neighborhoods

Answer 94

Ethnic; mixed