URP3001 Exam 2 – Flashcards
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The highly urbanized Randstad of the Netherlands and the Rhine‑Ruhr area of Germany have diameters of about 70 miles. These two are examples of:
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conurbations
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The human geography of cities in what country has been transformed by huge immigrant populations from the Caribbean, India, and Pakistan?
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Britain
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In the future, some administrative functions of the EU are likely to shift from Brussels and Frankfurt to cities such as Warsaw and Budapest. How would that shift be described by geographers?
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as a shift from core to periphery
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What are Europe's two megacities (excluding Moscow)?
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London and Paris
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What European city was divided between East and West by a famous artificial barrier to keep people from fleeing westward during the Cold War?
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Berlin
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Market gardens once occupied peripheral lands around European cities. What has happened to those zones of market gardening?
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They have been overtaken by suburbanization.
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What was the most influential force in molding the cities of Eastern Europe from the 1950s through the 1980s?
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centralized planning
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Which one of the following cities is both a primate city and a national capital?
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Paris
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Which of the following processes has contributed most to metropolitan decentralization in Europe?
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Deindustrialization
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What city in Europe evolved around an island in the Seine River?
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Paris
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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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Problems confronting the Russian urban system include all of the following except:
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the continuing decline of the urban population throughout the nation
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What type of economy shaped the landscape of Russian cities from 1917 through 1991?
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command economy
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When the Soviet Union collapsed, what happened to Moscow?
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It became the capital of the Russian Federation.
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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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BLENDING OF URBAN GARDENS INTO THE HIGH DESTINY DOWNTOWN CORE
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With increasing consumption and lagging public services, what has happened to the landscapes around many Russian apartment buildings in the post-Soviet era?
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They have become littered with trash.
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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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Moscow's rise to importance in Russia cannot be attributed to:
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the rule of Tsar Peter
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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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The cultural landscape within the walls of old Jerusalem includes sites that are sacred to:
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Jews, Muslims, and Christians
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Istanbul:
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was converted from a Christian city to a Muslim city under the Ottomans
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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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What is the status of green space in Beirut?
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There is an average of 0.8 square meters of green space per person
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Which one of the following elements of the built environment of Middle Eastern cities does not promote cooling and temperature control?
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FOUNTAINS DRAW UPON COOL GROUND WATER TO CHILL THE AIR IN SMALL SPACES
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The Persian/Arabian Gulf's leading city in terms of business, entertainment, and consumer services is:
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ABU DHABI
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Which one of the following countries does not have an urban tradition that dates back several millennia?
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United Arab Emirates
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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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Uprisings in the cities of what two countries began the revolt which led to demands for democracy, free elections, and an end to corruption across the Arab world?
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Tunisia and Egypt
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Washington, D.C., is to New York City, as Rabat is to:
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Casablanca
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The township of Roma is now inhabited by Lusaka's professional class. Under the British, it was inhabited exclusively by privileged whites. In both cases, Roma's maids and gardeners come from the informal settlement to the northwest. This is an example of:
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how segregation by race has been replaced by segregation by class
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In urban Africa, all of the following forces have driven the trend toward ever more people engaging in multiple economic activities except:
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government programs that help to reduce family size
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Beginning in the 9th century, cities on Africa's Indian Ocean coast developed economically, culturally, and politically as a result of trade with:
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the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf
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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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French remains the national language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its cities as a result of being held by Leopold II, the king of:
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Belgium
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"Desert ports on a network of caravan routes that crisscross the Sahara": Which one of the following historical cities would be included under this heading?
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Timbuktu
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As cities in Sub-Saharan Africa have grown since independence:
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patterns of government dominance have been replaced by more reliance on private enterprise
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Which one of the following sub-Saharan Africa countries has been identified as one of the BRICS?
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South Africa
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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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The slums of former French-colonial cities in Africa are known as:
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bidonvilles
