Question 1

The most significant impact that Great Britain's enclosure movement made on the rural landscape was to

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A)   produce more of a dispersed rural settlement pattern.
B)   reinforce the traditional clustered rural settlement pattern.
C)   discourage urbanization.
D)   increase the rural population.
E)   improve transportation.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

-This map of the percentage living in urban settlements indicates that in the following countries, less than half of the people live in urban areas:

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A)   South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, and Libya.
B)   Mexico, India, China, Saudi Arabia, and Libya.
C)   Niger, Chad, the Central African Republic, Kenya, Tanzania, and China.
D)   Niger, Chad, the Central African Republic, India, Australia, and South Africa.
E)   France, Germany, Romania, Russia, and Bulgaria.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Imagine that for whatever reasons you wished to dramatically increase the rate of urbanization in a developing country. How would you do this? Use one country as a specific case as you discuss ways in which urbanization could be dramatically increased, and cite evidence from the textbook to reinforce your ideas.

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Question 4

The hierarchical listing of settlements by size is known as the

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A)   primate city.
B)   economic base.
C)   gravity model.
D)   rank-size rule.
E)   nesting of settlements.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

The gravity model predicts that the optimal location of a service is

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A)   directly related to the number of people and services in the area and inversely related to the lengths of highways and railways that access it.
B)   directly related to the range in the area and inversely related to the hinterland.
C)   directly related to the number of people in the area and inversely related to the distance people must travel to access it.
D)   directly related to the median of people in the area and inversely related to the meridian of people who travel to access it.
E)   directly related to the distance people must travel and inversely related to the number of people in the area.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

-This map of offshore financial centers indicates that

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A)   Gibraltar is an independent microstate that is also an offshore banking center.
B)   New Zealand is an independent microstate that is also an offshore banking center.
C)   Mauritius is an independent microstate that is also an offshore banking center.
D)   Mauritius is a dependency that is also an offshore banking center.
E)   there are more offshore banking centers in Asia than in the Caribbean.F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 7

Most inhabitants of developing countries live in urban areas.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The city-state is an example of

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A)   an early form of rural settlement.
B)   a state dominated by its major city.
C)   a functional region.
D)   a local government of the Roman Empire.
E)   diffuse political functions.F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 9

Describe some of the different kinds of services evident on your university or college campus. Do these comprise a major part of the economic base of your area? Why or why not?

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Question 10

Linear settlement patterns were brought to North America by the French.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

-An analysis of this map of global cities indicates that

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A)   Chicago is ranked above Sao Paulo.
B)   New York City is ranked below London.
C)   Sao Paulo is ranked above Chicago.
D)   Moscow is ranked above Sao Paulo.
E)   Cairo is ranked above Beijing.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 12

Which of the following is considered to be a hearth of urban settlement?

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A)   Rome
B)   North Africa
C)   southern Africa
D)   Australia
E)   MesopotamiaF) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 13

If a country's largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants and the second largest city has 200,000 inhabitants, the country follows what distribution?

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A)   central place
B)   economic base
C)   primate city
D)   rank-size
E)   equidistantF) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

The fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D. brought about what change in urban settlements?

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A)   development of city-states
B)   rapid urbanization
C)   reduction in urban population
D)   revival of urban life
E)   increased tradeF) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

Why does urbanization change the proportion of people employed in the various sectors of the economy? Which sector is concentrated in world cities? Why?

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Question 16

Global cities are identified and ranked by a combination of

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A)   economic, political, cultural, and infrastructure factors.
B)   economic, service, industrial, and infrastructure factors.
C)   central place theory and gravity models.
D)   hinterland models.
E)   political and infrastructure factors.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

Higher social heterogeneity in urban settlements means that

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A)   the people you know socially are probably the same ones you see at work.
B)   the people are more alike than in rural settlements.
C)   people compete for limited space.
D)   there are many different kinds of people in cities.
E)   people play a specialized role in the urban economy.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

In recent decades growth in employment in the United States has come from the primary and secondary sectors, while the tertiary sector has declined.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

A central place is a

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A)   hinterland.
B)   market center.
C)   range of a good.
D)   rank-size distribution.
E)   hexagonal settlement.F) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 20

-According to this map, at least a dozen cities in the United States have populations exceeding two million people.

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A) True 
 B)False

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