Unit 7 MCT Qs (For S2 Exam)
What happened to inner city neighborhoods when many industries shifted geographic
location to the suburbs after World War II? correct answers All of the above.
The minimum number of people needed to support a business is called the correct
answers threshold.
Countries shown in the image below that have a rate of growth greater than 4.0% are
most likely in what stage of the Demographic Transition Model?
(Map of Urban population, average annual growth rate.) correct answers Stage II
When a city is not designed to be sustainable and eco-friendly, it has the potential to
become: correct answers an urban heat island.
Many of the poor on the periphery of cities in less developed countries live in areas
known as correct answers squatter settlements.
In the context of urban systems, basic tenets of central place theory, include all of the
following except correct answers settlements of similar population sizes are grouped
together.
Which of the factors below is least likely to contribute to the primacy of a city? correct
answers A high tech industry orientation.
Which of the following goods and services is most likely to be found in the largest
settlement? correct answers hospital
What model is shown blow?
(Rings around a CBD) correct answers None of the options listed
Auto-centered cities emerged during the post World War II era in correct answers
Southwestern United States.
Megacities are determined by all of the following except their correct answers status as
world city.
In the image below, what is the land use of the area with an "X" on top of it, in the
purple?
(Center of the African City Model that is square shaped) correct answers Colonial CBD
The major advantage of the peripheral model over the urban models is the fact that it
correct answers highlights the problems of sprawl and segregation.
, The two largest cities in the U.S. are New York City and Los Angeles. The 2000 Census
provides evidence to suggest that cities in the United States tend to follow the rank-size
rule. Thus, the actual populations for NYC and LA are, in order, correct answers 8 and
3.7 million.
In the image below, what are likely characteristics of individuals living at Y.
(Population density as distance increases from CBD. Y is the point where suburbs are.
X is the CBD) correct answers Has negative perceptions of crime in X.
The identification of blighted urban neighborhoods and the subsequent removal of
residents and demolition of deteriorated buildings with the construction of new buildings,
highways, and other large construction projects is commonly known as correct answers
urban renewal.
This is a design that is reminiscent of Christaller over a much smaller area, in which the
planers choose the central shopping areas and open spaces and develop the
neighborhoods around them, with housing clustered around the central space so that
people can walk to the shopping areas within five minutes. correct answers New
urbanism
Industries during the 1800s located close to the Central Business District (CBDs.
because correct answers they needed to locate close to the transportation lines.
Young single recent college graduates who move into distressed inner-city
neighborhoods and refurbish their new residences would be an example of correct
answers gentrification.
Tokyo, Japan is a unique megacity in that: correct answers The population is projected
to decline.
In an urban heat island, dense dark surfaces contribute to the heating through: correct
answers Storing heat and releasing during the night.
In the image below, what is the land use of the area next to the "X"?
(A Generalized Model of Land Use Areas In the Large Southeast Asian Cities. The land
use is at the base of the model.) correct answers Port Zone
In bid rent theory, what is the likely order of land use starting in the CBD and moving
outward? correct answers Manufacturing, retail, and residential.
Blockbusting in the 1950 often contributed to correct answers "white flight."
The gravity model, which can be used to calculate the bonds between different urban
centers, assumes that two cities located close together: correct answers would attract
more people than two cities located far apart.
What happened to inner city neighborhoods when many industries shifted geographic
location to the suburbs after World War II? correct answers All of the above.
The minimum number of people needed to support a business is called the correct
answers threshold.
Countries shown in the image below that have a rate of growth greater than 4.0% are
most likely in what stage of the Demographic Transition Model?
(Map of Urban population, average annual growth rate.) correct answers Stage II
When a city is not designed to be sustainable and eco-friendly, it has the potential to
become: correct answers an urban heat island.
Many of the poor on the periphery of cities in less developed countries live in areas
known as correct answers squatter settlements.
In the context of urban systems, basic tenets of central place theory, include all of the
following except correct answers settlements of similar population sizes are grouped
together.
Which of the factors below is least likely to contribute to the primacy of a city? correct
answers A high tech industry orientation.
Which of the following goods and services is most likely to be found in the largest
settlement? correct answers hospital
What model is shown blow?
(Rings around a CBD) correct answers None of the options listed
Auto-centered cities emerged during the post World War II era in correct answers
Southwestern United States.
Megacities are determined by all of the following except their correct answers status as
world city.
In the image below, what is the land use of the area with an "X" on top of it, in the
purple?
(Center of the African City Model that is square shaped) correct answers Colonial CBD
The major advantage of the peripheral model over the urban models is the fact that it
correct answers highlights the problems of sprawl and segregation.
, The two largest cities in the U.S. are New York City and Los Angeles. The 2000 Census
provides evidence to suggest that cities in the United States tend to follow the rank-size
rule. Thus, the actual populations for NYC and LA are, in order, correct answers 8 and
3.7 million.
In the image below, what are likely characteristics of individuals living at Y.
(Population density as distance increases from CBD. Y is the point where suburbs are.
X is the CBD) correct answers Has negative perceptions of crime in X.
The identification of blighted urban neighborhoods and the subsequent removal of
residents and demolition of deteriorated buildings with the construction of new buildings,
highways, and other large construction projects is commonly known as correct answers
urban renewal.
This is a design that is reminiscent of Christaller over a much smaller area, in which the
planers choose the central shopping areas and open spaces and develop the
neighborhoods around them, with housing clustered around the central space so that
people can walk to the shopping areas within five minutes. correct answers New
urbanism
Industries during the 1800s located close to the Central Business District (CBDs.
because correct answers they needed to locate close to the transportation lines.
Young single recent college graduates who move into distressed inner-city
neighborhoods and refurbish their new residences would be an example of correct
answers gentrification.
Tokyo, Japan is a unique megacity in that: correct answers The population is projected
to decline.
In an urban heat island, dense dark surfaces contribute to the heating through: correct
answers Storing heat and releasing during the night.
In the image below, what is the land use of the area next to the "X"?
(A Generalized Model of Land Use Areas In the Large Southeast Asian Cities. The land
use is at the base of the model.) correct answers Port Zone
In bid rent theory, what is the likely order of land use starting in the CBD and moving
outward? correct answers Manufacturing, retail, and residential.
Blockbusting in the 1950 often contributed to correct answers "white flight."
The gravity model, which can be used to calculate the bonds between different urban
centers, assumes that two cities located close together: correct answers would attract
more people than two cities located far apart.
