Human Geography Places And Regions in Global Context 4th Canadian Edition by Paul L. Knox – Test Bank

Human Geography, Cdn. 4e (Knox, et al.)

Chapter 11   City Spaces: Urban Structure

1) The central business district

1. A) contains the zone in transition.
2. B) is usually the headquarters for national government.
3. C) is often found at the intersection point for major forms of transportation.
4. D) contains many factories but few shops or offices.
5. E) holds fairly high residential densities.

Answer:  C

Diff: 1      Type: MC      Page Ref: 482

Topic:  Urban structure and land use

Skill:  Applied

2) The following makes reference to nodal concentrations of economic activity on the outer fringes of metropolitan areas:

1. A) satellite community
2. B) periurban node
3. C) exurban centre
4. D) edge city
5. E) megamall

Answer:  D

Diff: 2      Type: MC      Page Ref: 483

Topic:  Urban structure and land use

Skill:  Applied

3) Which phrase makes reference to movement of higher-income households into neighbourhoods previously occupied by working-class, lower income households?

1. A) incumbent upgrading
2. B) revitalization
3. C) gentrification
4. D) urban renewal
5. E) invasion and succession

Answer:  C

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Topic:  Urban structure and land use

Skill:  Applied

4) Jewish districts in the cities of the eastern United States are best considered

1. A) colonies.
2. B) enclaves.
3. C) ghettos.
4. D) neighbourhoods.
5. E) edge cities.

Answer:  B

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Topic:  Urban structure and land use

Skill:  Recall

5) The territorial and residential clustering of specific groups of people is known as

1. A) concentration.
2. B) segregation.
3. C) congregation.
4. D) community.
5. E) neighbourhood.

Answer:  C

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Topic:  Urban structure and land use

Skill:  Applied

6) The different perspectives used by geographers to study competition among different land users are associated with which tradition of geography?

1. A) political economy
2. B) locational analysis
3. C) regional studies
4. D) urban planning
5. E) Marxism

Answer:  B

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Topic:  Urban structure and land use

Skill:  Applied

7) In the accessibility-and-land-use perspective, which of the following is located farthest from the city centre?

1. A) factories
2. B) warehouses
3. C) high-volume retail stores
4. D) residences
5. E) wholesale activities

Answer:  D

Diff: 2      Type: MC      Page Ref: 485-486

Topic:  Urban structure and land use

Skill:  Applied

8) The urban land use model is often referred to as

1. A) a trade-off model.
2. B) an invasion-succession model.
3. C) a deterministic model.
4. D) a behavioural model.
5. E) an ecological model.

Answer:  A

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Topic:  Urban structure and land use

Skill:  Recall

9) The following term is associated to a uniform plane in urban land use models:

1. A) isomorphic surface
2. B) isoplethic surface
3. C) isolinear surface
4. D) isodimensional area
5. E) isotropic surface

Answer:  E

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Topic:  Urban structure and land use

Skill:  Applied

10) In the multiple-nuclei model

1. A) some activities attract one another, while others repel one another.
2. B) there is an agglomeration effect which generates attraction between all activities.
3. C) residential activities are pushed out to the periphery.
4. D) there is a mix in housing types and values.
5. E) there is a concentric organization of activities around a central commercial area.

Answer:  A

Diff: 3      Type: MC      Page Ref: 486

Topic:  Urban structure and land use

Skill:  Applied