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Urban Planning 100 FINAL EXAM
Questions With Correct Answers
In 1800, about 3% of the world's population lived in cities. Today, that proportion is: -
answer✔about 55%
The United Nations now recognizes a new category of city size: metacities. What is a metacity? -
answer✔an urban agglomeration with over 20 million inhabitants
The world's three most populous urban agglomerations are located on what continent? -
answer✔Asia
In which of the following regions would less than three-quarters of the population live in urban
areas? - answer✔Southeast Asia
The world's first cities appeared where? - answer✔Middle East and North Africa
According to the geographer Peter Hall, "the first great city in world history" was: -
answer✔Rome
Which one of the following is the most accurate statement about mercantilism? - answer✔Trade
subsidies and trade monopolies were essential to mercantilistic enterprise.
After the collapse of the Roman Empire, European cities declined, but in East Asia at least one
city stood at over a million residents. What was that city? - answer✔Changan (now Xi'an), China
What industry transformed the following cities: Adelaide, Australia; Tolliati, Russia; Turin,
Italy; Detroit, USA? - answer✔automobile industry
Cities where raw materials or semi-finished products are transferred from one-mode of transit to
another are categorized as: - answer✔transportation centers
Which one of the following cities would be most likely to fit the principles of central place
theory? - answer✔Decatur, Illinois, an agricultural service center
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Large cities are fewer in number and farther apart than medium-sized cities; medium-sized cities
are fewer in number and farther apart than small cities. What theory accounts for the regularities
of size and spacing of cities as market centers? - answer✔central place theory
Textile manufacturing would be illustrative of which sector of a city's economy? -
answer✔secondary sector
Which one of the following jobs would most likely be classified as part of a city's informal
economy? - answer✔street vendor
Which one of the following is an example of a non-basic economic activity? - answer✔strip mall
in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Which of the following associations is not correct? - answer✔concentric zone model - pie cut
into many pieces
The influence of the Central Business District (CBD) is least important in which of the
traditional models of city structure? - answer✔Harris and Ullman's multiple nuclei model
In the mid-20th century, London and New York came to exemplify the most polluted cities in the
world. What two large cities, today, might be chosen to exemplify the most polluted? -
answer✔Delhi and Beijing
They are called by many local names: bidonvilles, bustees, gecekondu, favelas, barriades. What
are they? - answer✔squatter settlements
Because of persecution, war, or violence, over 25 million people in the world have taken refuge
in other countries. Eighty-five percent of these refuges have relocated to the countries of: -
answer✔Global South
"The movement of products, money, information, and human talent around the world in ever
larger quantities, at ever lower costs, and in ever less time." What is it? - answer✔globalization
Consequences of traffic congestion in cities include: - answer✔pollution, social stress, and
respiratory ailments
Urban areas often cannot solve the problems that confront them because: - answer✔all of the
above
"Loci of national sovereignty with landscapes that are charged with the symbols of solidarity
(real or imagined) and museums that are the attics of the nation." To what category of cities does
this description apply? - answer✔capital cities
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In the United States, which one of the following would have the largest population? -
answer✔The Omaha Metropolitan Area
Which one of the following concepts is not paired with an appropriate example? -
answer✔megacity - Jerusalem
A new town is: - answer✔comprehensively planned to be as self-contained as possible
Post-industrial cities are likely to have their employment base concentrated in what sectors of the
economy? - answer✔tertiary and quaternary
Montreal was founded on the banks of the St. Lawrence River where the Lachine Rapids
impeded upstream navigation. This is a description of Montreal's: - answer✔site
What U.S. city grew in population because of a superior situation that was enhanced by the
opening of the Erie Canal in 1825? - answer✔New York City
Cities in which of the following countries would be classified as post-socialist cities? -
answer✔Russia
Regardless of how large a settlement is, it does not become truly urban until: - answer✔it has a
workforce divorced from the soil
Which one of the following terms is best used to refer to "a city and its suburbs"? -
answer✔urban area
For a place to be classified as urban by the U.S. Census Bureau, it must have at least how many
inhabitants? - answer✔2,500
Climate refugees: - answer✔include migrants from low-lying islands whose homes are impacted
by sea level rise.
Depending on the psychogeography of city streets, some actions by pedestrians are "seen" and
some go "unseen." Which of the following behaviors would most likely be "seen"? -
answer✔doing headstands and rolling around on the ground
Given the present state of technology, where would be the worst location for an EV charging
station? - answer✔commercial intersection
Which one of the following would be categorized as an urban environmental risk at the local
scale with a short-term impact? - answer✔increasing litter
10/7/2024 11:03AM
Urban Planning 100 FINAL EXAM
Questions With Correct Answers
In 1800, about 3% of the world's population lived in cities. Today, that proportion is: -
answer✔about 55%
The United Nations now recognizes a new category of city size: metacities. What is a metacity? -
answer✔an urban agglomeration with over 20 million inhabitants
The world's three most populous urban agglomerations are located on what continent? -
answer✔Asia
In which of the following regions would less than three-quarters of the population live in urban
areas? - answer✔Southeast Asia
The world's first cities appeared where? - answer✔Middle East and North Africa
According to the geographer Peter Hall, "the first great city in world history" was: -
answer✔Rome
Which one of the following is the most accurate statement about mercantilism? - answer✔Trade
subsidies and trade monopolies were essential to mercantilistic enterprise.
After the collapse of the Roman Empire, European cities declined, but in East Asia at least one
city stood at over a million residents. What was that city? - answer✔Changan (now Xi'an), China
What industry transformed the following cities: Adelaide, Australia; Tolliati, Russia; Turin,
Italy; Detroit, USA? - answer✔automobile industry
Cities where raw materials or semi-finished products are transferred from one-mode of transit to
another are categorized as: - answer✔transportation centers
Which one of the following cities would be most likely to fit the principles of central place
theory? - answer✔Decatur, Illinois, an agricultural service center
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10/7/2024 11:03AM
Large cities are fewer in number and farther apart than medium-sized cities; medium-sized cities
are fewer in number and farther apart than small cities. What theory accounts for the regularities
of size and spacing of cities as market centers? - answer✔central place theory
Textile manufacturing would be illustrative of which sector of a city's economy? -
answer✔secondary sector
Which one of the following jobs would most likely be classified as part of a city's informal
economy? - answer✔street vendor
Which one of the following is an example of a non-basic economic activity? - answer✔strip mall
in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Which of the following associations is not correct? - answer✔concentric zone model - pie cut
into many pieces
The influence of the Central Business District (CBD) is least important in which of the
traditional models of city structure? - answer✔Harris and Ullman's multiple nuclei model
In the mid-20th century, London and New York came to exemplify the most polluted cities in the
world. What two large cities, today, might be chosen to exemplify the most polluted? -
answer✔Delhi and Beijing
They are called by many local names: bidonvilles, bustees, gecekondu, favelas, barriades. What
are they? - answer✔squatter settlements
Because of persecution, war, or violence, over 25 million people in the world have taken refuge
in other countries. Eighty-five percent of these refuges have relocated to the countries of: -
answer✔Global South
"The movement of products, money, information, and human talent around the world in ever
larger quantities, at ever lower costs, and in ever less time." What is it? - answer✔globalization
Consequences of traffic congestion in cities include: - answer✔pollution, social stress, and
respiratory ailments
Urban areas often cannot solve the problems that confront them because: - answer✔all of the
above
"Loci of national sovereignty with landscapes that are charged with the symbols of solidarity
(real or imagined) and museums that are the attics of the nation." To what category of cities does
this description apply? - answer✔capital cities
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10/7/2024 11:03AM
In the United States, which one of the following would have the largest population? -
answer✔The Omaha Metropolitan Area
Which one of the following concepts is not paired with an appropriate example? -
answer✔megacity - Jerusalem
A new town is: - answer✔comprehensively planned to be as self-contained as possible
Post-industrial cities are likely to have their employment base concentrated in what sectors of the
economy? - answer✔tertiary and quaternary
Montreal was founded on the banks of the St. Lawrence River where the Lachine Rapids
impeded upstream navigation. This is a description of Montreal's: - answer✔site
What U.S. city grew in population because of a superior situation that was enhanced by the
opening of the Erie Canal in 1825? - answer✔New York City
Cities in which of the following countries would be classified as post-socialist cities? -
answer✔Russia
Regardless of how large a settlement is, it does not become truly urban until: - answer✔it has a
workforce divorced from the soil
Which one of the following terms is best used to refer to "a city and its suburbs"? -
answer✔urban area
For a place to be classified as urban by the U.S. Census Bureau, it must have at least how many
inhabitants? - answer✔2,500
Climate refugees: - answer✔include migrants from low-lying islands whose homes are impacted
by sea level rise.
Depending on the psychogeography of city streets, some actions by pedestrians are "seen" and
some go "unseen." Which of the following behaviors would most likely be "seen"? -
answer✔doing headstands and rolling around on the ground
Given the present state of technology, where would be the worst location for an EV charging
station? - answer✔commercial intersection
Which one of the following would be categorized as an urban environmental risk at the local
scale with a short-term impact? - answer✔increasing litter
