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Which one of the following was NOT a hallmark of urban landscape change during the Renaissance-Baroque Period of European history?

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skylines punctuated by belching smoke stacks

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New towns in Europe have been relatively more successful than in the U.S. primarily because:

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the former were built mostly by the government and not for profit

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Between the 1950s and the 1980s, cities of eastern Europe could be described as:

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socialist cities shaped by Communist regimes

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Geographer Roger Brunet identified the core of Europe as a curving urban corridor of high-tech industries and services which he called the:

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Blue Banana

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According to concentric zone theory, which one of the following would be located farthest from the city center?

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middle-class automobile suburbs

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London:

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developed around two centers: 'The City' and Westminster

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What European cities have the continent's busiest airports?

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London, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam

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What period of urban history began in the Midlands of England in the 1700s, sparking massive rural-to-urban migration and changing the structure of cities?

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Industrial Period

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Of the following, which country best exhibits rank-size distribution in its urban system?

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Germany

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Russia

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Russia

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The Muslim population of Moscow:

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includes immigrants from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

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St. Petersburg:

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has a city center that is a Word Heritage site but also threatened by new development

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The pattern in Russia is similar to the U.S.: existing central city buildings in poor condition but in good locations are converted into upscale apartments, often displacing long-time residents. This process is known as:

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gentrification

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Before the Communist Revolution in 1917, the capital of tsarist Russia was:

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St. Petersburg

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"Closed cities" became a hallmark of Soviet-era urban geography. Such cities:

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required permission to visit

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Historical trading cities along the rivers of European Russia were each dominated by a fortress. The fortress was called:

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a kremlin

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In which of the following cities would you be most likely to find a new generation of mosques?

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Kazan

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Which one of these associations is incorrect?

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Norilsk - Volga port

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Changes on the urban landscape since the break-up of the Soviet Union and the demise of communism include all of the following except:

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horizontal city expansion with minimal vertical development of multistoried buildings

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An aspect of Soviet urban planning that grew out of socialist ideologies yet helps achieve the goals of urban sustainability today is Moscow's:

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extraordinarily dense network of metro (subway) lines

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Middle East

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Middle East

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Wooden lattice over windows and staggered doors on opposite sides of the street illustrate the high value which the Islamic religion places on:

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privacy

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The minarets that punctuate the skylines of Middle Eastern cities are associated with:

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mosques

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Hajj-related tourism brings over 2 million visitors annually to what city?

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Mecca

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Mecca's core is dominated not by a Central Business District, but by a:

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"Central Religious District" anchored by the Great Mosque

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What city served as an imperial capital for an almost record-setting 1600 years under Romans, Byzantines, and Ottomans?

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Istanbul

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Damascus and Aleppo. Sana'a and Aden. Tripoli and Benghazi. These city pairs illustrate:

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rival urban cores within a single country

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Which of these features are least likely to be found in the medina of a Middle Eastern city?

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parking lots

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Which city's new cathedral opened in 2001 to commemorate the nation's 1700 years of Christianity?

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Yerevan, Armenia

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Sub-Saharan

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Pretoria came to be governed as part of a metropolitan municipality called Tshwane. Port Elizabeth came to be part of the Nelson Mandela municipality. What event led to this era of political reorganization and place re-naming in South Africa?

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collapse of apartheid and beginning of democratic rule

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Much of what comprises Kinshasa in both physical and economic terms is undocumented, giving rise to discussion of it as:

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an Invisible City

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Of the following cities, which one had the smallest number of European settlers and therefore is the most deserving of being called "a bona fide African city"?

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Lagos

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Which of the following statements is not true about sub-Saharan African cities?

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Women are almost unrepresented in government and the professions

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"Splintering urbanism":

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means that part of a city is connected to the world economy, but most is not

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Elite housing estates on the outskirts of many Africa cities are often built with foreign capital. In the case of Silverest Gardens on the outskirts of Lusaka, that capital came from a company based in:

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China

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Trading posts (and eventually cities) developed on the Atlantic coast of Africa as a result of contact with European nations. What nation was the first to sail south along Africa's coast?

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Portugal

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The first European settlements along the coast of sub?Saharan Africa included St. Louis, Luanda, and Lourenço Marques (now Maputo). From what country did the settlers come?

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Portugal

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Nairobi:

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has never been considered by Africans as a suitable place to live

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Dodoma, Lilongwe, Yamoussoukro, and Abuja are all:

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new capital cities

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Map

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Map

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Norilisk, Russia

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upper region near siberia

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