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1) The area of the city where retail and office activities historically were clustered was the A) central business district. B) central city. C) urbanized area. D) metropolitan statistical area. E) hub.

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A

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2) Retail activities which tend to concentrate in the CBD include those which have A) a low threshold. B) a low range. C) service for office workers. D) a need for rapid transportation. E) all of the above

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C

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3) The CBD attracts offices primarily because of its A) high accessibility. B) high land costs. C) more intensive land use. D) construction of skyscrapers. E) access to manufacturing facilities.

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A

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4) Land values are high in the CBD primarily because of A) competition for limited space. B) high threshold and range. C) less intensive land use. D) construction of skyscrapers. E) lack of residential space.

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A

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5) As a result of high land costs, the American CBD is characterized by A) less intensive land use. B) construction of skyscrapers. C) sprawl. D) high threshold and range. E) reuse of existing buildings.

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B

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6) What activity tends to locate on the street-level floor of a skyscraper in a typical North American CBD? A) government B) industrial C) office D) retail E) education

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D

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7) European CBDs are similar to those in North America because they both contain A) retail and office activities. B) extensive residential areas. C) skyscrapers. D) structures inherited from medieval times. E) high density residential space.

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A

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8) A land use typically excluded from a North American CBD is A) government. B) industrial. C) office. D) retail. E) B and C

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B

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9) Public transportation is better suited for commuting to the CBD primarily because A) it is less expensive. B) each traveler takes up less space. C) commuters desire to use it. D) the population of the CBD has declined. E) private transportation is prohibited.

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B

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10) Because so few people live in the CBD, urban areas are characterized by a high degree of A) blockbusting. B) commuting. C) threshold. D) skyscrapers. E) restrictive zoning.

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B

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The process whereby an increasing percentage of people live in an urban area is known as

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urbanization

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The important element of urbanization is an increase in the

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number of people, percentage of people, and land area occupied by urban settlements

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What statement best describes the relationship between urbanization and the Industrial Revolution?

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the industrial revolution promoted urbanization

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

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2

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The process of legally adding land area to a city in the US is

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annexation

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The city plus its contiguous built-up suburbs is the

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urbanized area

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In the US, what definition of a city covers the largest land area?

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metropolitan statistical area

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Higher social heterogeneity in urban settlements means that

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you may feel lonely and isolated in a crowd

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According to Louis Wirth, urban areas are more likely than rural areas to have

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larger size, larger density, and more social heterogeneity

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Megalopolis refers to

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consolidated metropolitan statistical area

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The process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner occupancy to abandonment is

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filtering

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A process by which banks designate an area within which they refuse to lend money for improvements is

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redlining

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A process by which real estate agents convince white owners to sell their houses is

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blockbusting

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Public housing is

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low-income government-owned housing

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A process of converting a neighborhood from low-income to middle-class is

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gentrification

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The zone in transition in U.S. cities typically contains

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warehouses, gentrified buildings, and public housing

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According to U.S. law, when a family is forced by a city to relocate the government pays for

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moving expenses and rent increases

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The underclass is characterized in part by high rates of

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drug addiction

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U.S. central cities face fiscal problems because

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low-income people are concentrated there

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In U.S. cities, the underclass is

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clustered in inner-city neighborhoods

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Compared to whites, African Americans in U.S. cities are more likely to be

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clustered in inner-city neighborhoods

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To deal with the financial problems in some areas of the cities, American city governments,

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reduce services

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A recent change in the density gradient has been

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a reduction in the differences in densities found within an urban area

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Compared to the UK, the amount of sprawl in the US is

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greater

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Sprawl is the

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development of new housing sites not contiguous to the existing built-up area

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British cities are surrounded by open space known as

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greenbelts

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The purpose of busing in many US suburbs is to

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promote racially integrated schools

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A legal form of segregation in the US cities is achieved through

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zoning

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People are attracted to suburbs in part because suburbs are characterized by

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private land surrounding the house

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The largest percentage of the US population lives in

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suburbs

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The largest number of trips are made for

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work

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The US government has encouraged the use of cars in part by

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building interstate highways

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Compared to the private automobile, public transportation offers more

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energy efficiency

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The major exception to the decline in public transit is the

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rapid transit

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Public transit is more extensive in Western Europe cities than in the US primarily because

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European governments subsidize public transit

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In recent years, urban residents are more likely to shop in

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suburban malls

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The attractions of shopping malls don't include

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walking distance from homes

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Factories have moved to suburban locations in part because of

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access to main highways

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Some employees of suburban businesses may suffer hardships because they don't

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own automobiles

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

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rings

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

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on a flat prarie

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

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a corridor from downtown to the edge of the city

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According to the multiple nuclei model, an airport is likely to attract nearby

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industries

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Social area analysis attempts to explain the

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distribution of different types of people in an urban area

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

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ethnic origin

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In which region do higher income people not tend to live near the center of the city

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Northern America

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When the models of urban structure developed in Chicago are applied to Rio de Janeiro, one conclusion is that,

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the poorest people are located in different areas

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

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squatter settlements

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

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clustered in suburbs

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The wide boulevards built in cities in LDCs were most likely built during what are?

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colonial

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