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- Q1
Which statement BEST reflects how the Burgess model differs from other U.S. city models?
The Burgess model does not take into account socioeconomic differences within a city.
The Burgess model focuses only on transportation systems within the city framework.
The Burgess model describes the process of invasion and succession continually pushing the wealthy outward.
The Burgess model was built on public transportation from the commuter zone into the CBD.
The Burgess model focuses only on socioeconomic differences and not transportation systems.
120s - Q2
What is the similarity between the multiple-nuclei model and the galactic city model, both developed by Chauncy Harris, yet a difference between Hoyt and Burgess’s models?
Harris's models do not take into account suburbanization, whereas other models do.
Harris's models are decentralized, whereas the other cities focus on the CBD.
Harris's models focus primarily on the CBD, whereas other models do not.
The concentric zone and sector models focus on transportation systemsms, whereas Harris's models are built on public transportation.
The concentric zone and sector models do not focus on socioeconomic disparities, whereas the Harris models do.
300s - Q3
The following image depicts bid-rent theory related to urbanization. Which statement BEST supports the bid-rent theory land-use pattern?
High-class residential areas will be closer to the CBD because of cheaper land.
Retail does not locate close to manufacturing because of air and noise pollution.
Individuals cannot afford the high land value near the CBD for residences so they move outward.
Retail and commercial land moves outward from the CBD for more parking opportunities.
The land value increases as one moves away from the CBD, supporting Burgess's model of urbanization.
300s - Q4
What is a primary difference between the Southeast Asian city model established by T. G. McGee and other city models?
The Southeast Asian city model has a disamenity zone, unlike other models.
The Southeast Asian city model incorporates transportation into its model, unlike other models.
The Southeast Asian city model is not focused on disparities of wealth, unlike other models.
Other city models incorporate zones of agricultural production within the urban framework, unlike the Southeast Asian model.
World models have a specific CBD, whereas the Southeast Asian city model does not focus on a CBD but rather on port zones.
300s - Q5
Which of the following is a true statement about classic models of city structure?
The concentric zone model does not have a transitional area.
The sector model is highly influenced by transportation patterns.
The central business district has the most dominant position in the multiple nuclei model.
The multiple nuclei model and the sector model are similar in that they both have only one core.
The interaction between the central city and the suburbs is greatest in the urban realm model.
120s - Q6
Which of the following best explains the strength of the diagram shown as a theoretical model in human geography?
The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas that were once colonial-era Spanish cities.
The model presents a general theory that is applicable to metropolitan areas that were first settled in the era of postcolonial independence.
The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas that were once colonial-era Portuguese cities.
The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas with service-based urban economies.
The model presents a general theory that is most applicable to metropolitan areas with technology-based urban economies.
300s - Q7
Most Latin American cities are focused on a
central plaza
government housing project
zone of heavy industry
skyscraper office building
squatter settlement
120s - Q8
Which of the following types of urban land use is most common on the periphery of cities in Latin America?
A plaza surrounded by a CBD
Parks and recreation areas
Upper-class residential developments
Residential squatter settlements
Rail transportation corridors
120s - Q9
The multiple-nuclei model of city structure tends to be most applicable to
small cities
traditional cities
Latin American cities
newer, fast-growing cities
cities with homogenous land use
120s - Q10
Which of the following describes a feature of the original central business district (CBD) found in most cities?
Manufacturing space is located in the middle of the original CBD.
Residential space is generally not permitted in the original CBD.
Retail space is generally not permitted in the original CBD.
Land values are the highest of any zone in the metropolitan area.
Land values are the lowest of any zone in the metropolitan area.
120s - Q11
Using the diagram above, at what distance from the central business district will recreational land use begin to outbid all other land uses?
about 3 miles
about 6 miles
about 10 miles
about 12 miles
about 18 miles
120s - Q12
According to the sector model of North American city structure, members of low-income groups tend to live in which of the following places?
the inner city only
peripheral temporary settlements
linear residential areas radiating from the center city outward
evenly dispersed throughout the urban area
the suburbs and rural areas only
120s - Q13
Which of the following models of urban structure depicts a commercial spine bordered by an elite residential sector extending outward from the central business district?
Urban realms
Concentric zone
Multiple nuclei
Latin America city
Southeast Asian city
120s - Q14
Which of the following models best represents an old colonial port zone and its surrounding commercial districts?
Southeast Asian city model
Galactic city model
Islamic city model
Latin American city model
Multiple nuclei model
120s - Q15
An advantage of the Harris and Ullman multiple nuclei model over the Burgess concentric zone model and the Hoyt sector model of internal city structure is that the multiple nuclei model
easily incorporates depiction of linear and areal physical relief features
allows for the central business district to be situated in an edge city
is also applicable to rural areas beyond the urban periphery
easily incorporates construction of a new airport on the urban periphery
has a monocentric focus that limits the inclusion of urban sprawl
120s
