Human Geography 13Th Edition By Mark Bjelland – Test Bank

Human Geography, 13e (Bjelland)

Chapter 11   Urban Systems and Urban Structures 

1) Today more people now live in cities than in rural areas.

2) Besides Megalopolis, which of the following areas is a conurbation in North America?

1. A) Southern Great Lakes
2. B) Coastal California
3. C) Windsor-Montreal
4. D) Vancouver-Willamette
5. E) all of these

3) Which settlement pattern predominates in rural areas globally?

1. A) nucleated (hamlet and village)
2. B) dispersed (isolated farmsteads)
3. C) dense cities
4. D) street villages

4) Cities can be traced as a form of settlement pattern to at least how many years ago?

1. A) 26,000
2. B) 16,000
3. C) 8,000
4. D) none of these

5) An urbanized area is the physical city, whereas the metropolitan area is the functional city.

6) A location that is classified as break-of-bulk, head-of-navigation, bay head, or railhead, is being categorized according to its ________.

1. A) site characteristics
2. B) situation characteristics
3. C) both site and situation characteristics
4. D) neither site nor situation characteristics

7) The higher the basic/nonbasic ratio, the greater the multiplier effect in economic development while conversely, the higher the decline in the basic sector, the greater the drop in nonbasic employment.

8) The flow of goods, services, communications, and people in an urban hierarchy is ________.

1. A) top-down only
2. B) bottom-up only
3. C) two-way (up and down)
4. D) none of these

9) Primate cities are to be found only in the developing world.

10) Currently, there are three world cities that are the control points for international finance, global marketing, and international production. Two of these are New York and Tokyo. Which of the following is the third world city?

A) Seoul

B) London

C) Los Angeles

D) Cairo

11) The regularity of the distribution of towns of the same size located about the same distance from each other and performing similar economic functions is explained by Christaller’s ________.

A) rank-size rule

B) urban influence zone

C) central place theory

D) network cities rule