AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER 13 VOCAB QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Urbanization CORRECT ANSWER the process of making an area more urban. Blockbusting CORRECT ANSWER the practice of persuading owners to sell property cheaply because of the fear of people of another race or class moving into the neighborhood, and thus profiting by reselling at a higher price. Louis Wirth CORRECT ANSWER founder of urbanism City CORRECT ANSWER a large town Urbanized Area CORRECT ANSWER the region surrounding a city, typically very developed, meaning there is a density of human structures such as houses, commercial buildings, roads, bridges, and railways, as well as suburbs, etc. Central City CORRECT ANSWER a heavily populated city at the center of a large metropolitan area. Metropolitan Statistical Area CORRECT ANSWER a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Megalopolis CORRECT ANSWER a very large, heavily populated city or urban complex. Jean Gottman CORRECT ANSWER the French geographer who scrutinized the Northeastern Corridor of the United States and defined it as a new social, economic and political entity he called Megalopolis Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) CORRECT ANSWER serve to group counties and cities into specific geographic areas for the purposes of a population census and the compilation of related statistical data. Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) CORRECT ANSWER subareas that meet the qualification to be an MSA, but have a population of one million or more. EW Burgess CORRECT ANSWER one of the earliest theoretical models to explain urban social structures