Practice Quiz Chapter 07

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. Urban sprawl is defined as ________.

a) the largely unplanned expansion of an urban area into rural areas correct incorrect

b) the movement of households from urban areas to the suburbs correct incorrect

c) a process of population decentralization prompted by the high cost of cities correct incorrect

d) nucleated land-settlement patterns correct incorrect

e) an increasing proportion of a population living in urban areas correct incorrect

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. The following statement about urbanization is TRUE: ________.

a) The first cities emerged with the domestication of plants and animals correct incorrect

b) More people today live in cities than in rural areas correct incorrect

c) Most urban growth occurs in the developed world correct incorrect

d) The pace of urbanization picked up with the Technological Revolution correct incorrect

e) Rural areas expand into urban areas correct incorrect

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. City life was not possible until ________.

a) the Green Revolution correct incorrect

b) humans developed associations based on rationality and depersonalization correct incorrect

c) the production of an agricultural surplus could support city populations correct incorrect

d) the in-movement of higher-income groups correct incorrect

e) deforestation forced farmers into urban areas correct incorrect

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. The primate city is ________.

a) the largest city in the rank–size rule correct incorrect

b) the lowest order centre correct incorrect

c) the largest city that dominates political, economic, and social life within a given country correct incorrect

d) both A and C correct incorrect

e) both A and B correct incorrect

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. Today, the world population predominantly lives in ________.

a) the suburbs correct incorrect

b) urban centres correct incorrect

c) rural areas correct incorrect

d) urban and rural areas, equally correct incorrect

e) villages correct incorrect

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. A suburb ________.

a) is a residential or mixed-use area on the periphery of the city correct incorrect

b) displays some degree of homogeneity correct incorrect

c) refers to the spread and growth of cities correct incorrect

d) both A and B correct incorrect

e) none of the above correct incorrect

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. The central place theory suggests ________.

a) that the rank–size rule dominates correct incorrect

b) a hierarchy of settlements and a nested hierarchy of trading areas correct incorrect

c) that cities placed in hexagons ensure the most efficient use of space correct incorrect

d) both A and B correct incorrect

e) all of the above correct incorrect

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. Global cities tend to be ________.

a) the largest city in a country correct incorrect

b) culturally heterogeneous correct incorrect

c) religious centres correct incorrect

d) culturally homogenous correct incorrect

e) none of the above correct incorrect

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. A city located at a key point of entry to a major geographic region or country is called a ________.

a) gateway city correct incorrect

b) world city correct incorrect

c) megacity correct incorrect

d) rural area correct incorrect

e) global city correct incorrect

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. Banking, insurance, marketing, accounting, advertising, and legal matters can be considered ________.

a) consumer services correct incorrect

b) cultural characteristics correct incorrect

c) necessary components of urban living correct incorrect

d) necessary components of urban living correct incorrect

e) business services correct incorrect