GEOG 204 GLOBAL CASINO CHAPTER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER WITH
SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Ecumenopolis= ______
Answer: Global
◉ refers to the physical environment on which a city originated
and evolved.
○ Surface landforms,
○ underlying geology,
○ elevation,
○ water features,
Answer: Site
◉ E.g. Montreal's _____ , for instance, is defined by the __________
Rapids,
the upstream limit of ocean-going commerce
Answer: Site
Lachine
◉ Paris's ______ is defined by an
,island in the ________ River,
which gave the city defensive advantages
Answer: Site
Seine
◉ New York City's s________ is defined by a deepwater _________
Answer: Site
Harbor
◉ the relative location of a city
How well is it connected with other places and surrounding
region.
○ E.g. centrally located at the junction of trade routes
Answer: Situation
◉ The physical form
○ Linear form due to location in valley
○ Compact, urban sprawl due to transportation routes
Answer: Urban Morphology
◉ Different cities serve different functions.
○ Defense,
○ Commerce, trade, manufacturing
○ Government and administration,
, religious pilgrimage
Functions can change overtime
Answer: Urban Functions
◉ Urban form and urban function work
together to create urban landscapes
○ the built environment of cities
○ the visible manifestations of the thoughts, deeds, and actions of
human beings
Answer: Urban Landscapes
Ex. city Skylines and agricultural styles
◉ Comes from the Latin word for head, " caput"
- Literally the head cities
- the headquarters of government functions
- The seat of political power
- Center of legislative decision making
- Locus of national sovereignty
Answer: Capital City
◉ The preindustrial city or the traditional
city, non-Western city
Founded and grew before the arrival of industrialization in the
19th and 20th centuries
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER WITH
SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Ecumenopolis= ______
Answer: Global
◉ refers to the physical environment on which a city originated
and evolved.
○ Surface landforms,
○ underlying geology,
○ elevation,
○ water features,
Answer: Site
◉ E.g. Montreal's _____ , for instance, is defined by the __________
Rapids,
the upstream limit of ocean-going commerce
Answer: Site
Lachine
◉ Paris's ______ is defined by an
,island in the ________ River,
which gave the city defensive advantages
Answer: Site
Seine
◉ New York City's s________ is defined by a deepwater _________
Answer: Site
Harbor
◉ the relative location of a city
How well is it connected with other places and surrounding
region.
○ E.g. centrally located at the junction of trade routes
Answer: Situation
◉ The physical form
○ Linear form due to location in valley
○ Compact, urban sprawl due to transportation routes
Answer: Urban Morphology
◉ Different cities serve different functions.
○ Defense,
○ Commerce, trade, manufacturing
○ Government and administration,
, religious pilgrimage
Functions can change overtime
Answer: Urban Functions
◉ Urban form and urban function work
together to create urban landscapes
○ the built environment of cities
○ the visible manifestations of the thoughts, deeds, and actions of
human beings
Answer: Urban Landscapes
Ex. city Skylines and agricultural styles
◉ Comes from the Latin word for head, " caput"
- Literally the head cities
- the headquarters of government functions
- The seat of political power
- Center of legislative decision making
- Locus of national sovereignty
Answer: Capital City
◉ The preindustrial city or the traditional
city, non-Western city
Founded and grew before the arrival of industrialization in the
19th and 20th centuries
