Multiple Choice Questions

Textile manufacturing would be illustrative of which sector of a city's economy?
  • health care services
  • squatter settlements
  • tertiary and quaternary
  • all of the above
Over the next fifty years, virtually all of the world's urban population growth will be concentrated in urban areas in located in:
  • Panama City
  • I-40 from Memphis to Oklahoma City
  • Lesser Developed Regions
  • New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago
What category of land use accounts for an enormous one fifth of urban land in the United States?
  • both A and B.
  • health care services
  • roads and highways
  • Los Angeles
Which city among the following has the highest per capita income and the lowest rates of gang violence?
  • Tenochtitlan
  • New York City
  • San José
  • Santo Domingo
Mexico City stands on the site of the pre-Colombian Aztec capital of:
  • City on the Bay
  • Tenochtitlan
  • New York City
  • Sao Paulo
The three megacities of South America are:
  • arrival of the railroads
  • Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro.
  • represent one of the few occupations open to poor women
  • its workforce is divorced from the soil.
What happened to Havana after 1991 during the "Special Period in a Time of Peace"?
  • included establishment of new urban centers far from the coast Previous Next
  • a global company was given control of the city's water and it raised water fees
  • Rural populations in eastern Cuba illegally migrated westward to the capital.
  • it was uneconomical to patrol the international border during World War II.
Brazil's efforts to open up the interior of the country to settlement and development has:
  • included establishment of new urban centers far from the coast Previous Next
  • French is the language of government, commerce, and education.
  • Trade subsidies and trade monopolies were essential to mercantilistic enterprise.
  • both the celebration and contestation of cultural differences.
After the collapse of the Roman Empire, European cities declined, but in East Asia at least one city stood at over a million residents. What was that city?
  • City on the Bay
  • Changan, China
  • Guadalajara and Monterrey
  • Santo Domingo
The Stonewall Riots in 1969 are regarded as the beginning of the gay and lesbian rights movement in the United States. In what city did they take place?
  • New York City
  • Tenochtitlan
  • Sao Paulo
  • City on the Bay
Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland rose to prominence during what era of urban history?
  • The era of industrial capitalism
  • central place theory
  • Interconnected Neighborhoods
  • tertiary and quaternary
For a place to be classified as urban by the U.S. Census Bureau, it must have at least how many inhabitants?
  • Toronto
  • a gang
  • 2,500
  • Rome
Los Angeles was a small town in the 1880s. What then precipitated a growth boom?
  • within the United States
  • arrival of the railroads
  • all of the above
  • The Omaha Metropolitan Area
Which pair of cities is Portuguese‑speaking?
  • São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
  • concentric zone model - pie cut into many pieces
  • megacity - Jerusalem
  • Transiting countries
Which one of the following is not a characteristic of the Third Urban Revolution?
  • represent one of the few occupations open to poor women
  • an emphasis on retaining corporate headquarters functions
  • persistence of manufacturing's role in the urban economy
  • ncreasing litter
The militarization of city police forces contradicts the concept of:
  • 3% - 50%
  • community policing
  • a city or urban agglomeration with over 10 million inhabitants
  • site
Metropolitan San José is characterized by extensive sprawl, which threatens the sustainability of the city. What costs are associated with that sprawl?
  • New York, London, Tokyo
  • cultural geography of cities
  • within the United States
  • the costs of all of the above
n 1800, about ____ of the worlds population lived in cities; by 2007, the figure had increased to just over ____.
  • 3% - 50%
  • Los Angeles
  • Zocalo
  • a gang
Which one of the following would not be associated with "fortress cities" as conceptualized in the book City of Quartz?
  • Decatur, Illinois, an agricultural service center
  • cars with headlights on for safety
  • Its primary driver is casino gambling.
  • strip mall in Kalamazoo, Michigan
After 1898, what foreign country got involved in Havana's road and railroad expansion, sugar and cigar factory construction, and the newly arrived automobile industry?
  • capital cities
  • both A and B.
  • Toronto
  • United States
Which one of the following describes the political status of language in Montreal?
  • ncreasing litter
  • French is the language of government, commerce, and education.
  • World Heritage Sites by UNESCO
  • title to the land
Large cities are fewer in number and farther apart than medium-sized cities; medium-sized cities are fewer in number and farther apart than small cities. What theory accounts for the regularities of size and spacing of cities as market centers?
  • United States
  • central place theory
  • capital cities
  • Salvador da Bahia
It has a population of over 50 million. It is where 1 out of every 6 Americans live. It is responsible for 20 percent of the United States' Gross Domestic Product. What is it?
  • Megalopolis
  • Los Angeles
  • both A and B.
  • ncreasing litter
All of the following have fueled the growth of creative and designed-based industries in Montreal except:
  • an urban agglomeration with over 20 million inhabitants
  • redistribute the population from the coast to the interior.
  • Polarization of lifestyles by neighborhood is decreasing
  • an emphasis on retaining corporate headquarters functions
When sewer and storm water drains are combined into a single system:
  • Rural populations in eastern Cuba illegally migrated westward to the capital.
  • it was uneconomical to patrol the international border during World War II.
  • Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro.
  • sewage may enter waterways during rain storms
Which one of the following is not one of the U.S. and Canada's eleven recognized megalopolitan regions?
  • Panama City
  • New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago
  • Santo Domingo
  • I-40 from Memphis to Oklahoma City
The easy‑going Carioca, the annual Carnival, Copacabana Beach, and Sugarloaf Mountain are iconic images of:
  • 16th century
  • all of the above
  • Zocalo
  • Rio de Janeiro
What capital city is sometimes referred to as a "Tropical Manhattan" or a "Singapore for Central America"?
  • Guadalajara and Monterrey
  • Ecuador and Peru.
  • I-40 from Memphis to Oklahoma City
  • Panama City
That national capital of Canada has long acted as a nexus of compromise between:
  • within the United States
  • all of the above
  • secondary sector
  • both A and B.
Which one of the following monikers would not fit Los Angeles?
  • It led to substantial urban growth on the U.S.-Mexican border.
  • Sao Paulo
  • City on the Bay
  • San José
Cities where raw materials or semi-finished products are transferred from one mode of transit to another are categorized as:
  • suburban office parks
  • cars with headlights on for safety
  • transportation centers
  • mass transit stations
What would you be least likely to find in the scores of "edge cities" which have materialized on the fringes of major metropolitan areas?
  • mass transit stations
  • sugar plantations
  • Pan-American Highway
  • relaxed land use laws
What components of the 21st century urban landscapes of Latin American cities are not accounted for by the Latin American city model?
  • the costs of all of the above
  • World Heritage Sites by UNESCO
  • automobile industry
  • suburban office parks
The worlds first cities appeared where?
  • Mesopotamia
  • Buenos Aires
  • sugar plantations
  • maquiladora
The immigrant population of Los Angeles:
  • Its primary driver is casino gambling.
  • is dominated by flows from Latin America
  • the degree to which they can integrate their ecnomies with the global economy.
  • anchor department stores are to specialty shops
The Ottawa city region's emergence as the Silicon Valley of the North has been stimulated by the presence of:
  • a city or urban agglomeration with over 10 million inhabitants
  • both A and B
  • site
  • 3% - 50%
Montreal was founded on the banks of the St. Lawrence River where the Lachine Rapids impeded upstream navigation. This is a description of Montreal's:
  • a plaza mayor surrounded by a grid of streets
  • globalization
  • site
  • community policing
A trip to Taipei, Taiwan, to study the Matsu parade would make an appropriate chapter for a book on the:
  • cultural geography of cities
  • Its primary driver is casino gambling.
  • Southeast Asia
  • within the United States
Which one of the following jobs would most likely be classified as part of a city's informal economy?
  • strip mall in Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • street vendor
  • 16th century
  • Asian
"The movement of products, money, information, and human talent around the world in ever larger quantities, at ever lower costs, and in ever less time." What is it?
  • globalization
  • community policing
  • a city or urban agglomeration with over 10 million inhabitants
  • site
Regardless of how large a settlement is, it does not become truly urban until:
  • Interconnected Neighborhoods
  • strip mall in Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • title to the land
  • its workforce is divorced from the soil
Incorporating water into urban landscapes:
  • about 100 times more expensive
  • all of the above
  • secondary sector
  • within the United States
The United Nations recently inaugurated a new category of city size: metacities. What is a metacity?
  • It has a relatively specialized economic base.
  • represent one of the few occupations open to poor women
  • The Omaha Metropolitan Area
  • an urban agglomeration with over 20 million inhabitants
What two cities rank just below Mexico City in the country's urban hierarchy?
  • Port-au-Prince
  • New York City
  • Guadalajara and Monterrey
  • Changan, China
In the United States, which one of the following would have the largest population?
  • cultural geography of cities
  • Interconnected Neighborhoods
  • strip mall in Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • The Omaha Metropolitan Area
Of the following, which one would you be least likely to find in the wealthiest jurisdictions of Los Angeles such as Beverly Hills?
  • 16th century
  • a home owner
  • Southeast Asia
  • Salvador da Bahia
In first, second, and third places among U.S. metropolitan areas in population size are:
  • Panama City
  • I-40 from Memphis to Oklahoma City
  • New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago
  • Lesser Developed Regions
If you do not view Hurricane Katrina's impact on New Orleans as a "natural disaster," which one of the following sources of damage would you emphasize?
  • Bus Rapid Transit and Bicycle Lanes
  • breaches in the poorly-designed levees
  • relaxed land use laws
  • an emphasis on retaining corporate headquarters functions
Smog in which one of the following cities provides an example of transnational air pollution because pollutants are carried across an international border by prevailing winds?
  • Los Angeles
  • Toronto
  • Asian
  • europe
Canada's Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs):
  • it was uneconomical to patrol the international border during World War II.
  • a global company was given control of the city's water and it raised water fees
  • give the provinces more decision-making powers over who immigrates to their cities.
  • a transshipment point for goods bound for Seville.
The viability of intermediate-sized cities in Middle America and the Caribbean will depend on:
  • included establishment of new urban centers far from the coast Previous Next
  • the degree to which they can integrate their ecnomies with the global economy.
  • The Omaha Metropolitan Area
  • They have moved to protected luxury apartments and gated suburban communities.
According to the Griffin-Ford model, what typifies the center of a Latin American city?
  • elite residential land use
  • makes it a hyperdiverse city
  • 3% - 50%
  • a plaza mayor surrounded by a grid of streets
How does the contemporary world's urban population growth rate compare with the overall population growth rate?
  • cars with headlights on for safety
  • The world's urban population is growing more rapidly than the worlds population as a whole.
  • They have moved to protected luxury apartments and gated suburban communities.
  • The Omaha Metropolitan Area
Large cities are fewer in number and farther apart than mediumsized cities; mediumsized cites are fewer in number and farther apart than small cities. What theory accounts for the regularities of size and spacing of cities as market centers?
  • central place theory
  • arrival of the railroads
  • transportation centers
  • capital cities
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