5 Written Questions

1. a spatial generalization of the large, late 20th century US city, it is shown to be a widely dispersed multicentered metropolis consisting of increasingly independent zones or realms, each focused on its own suburban downtown.
2. developed by T.G. McGee, a model showing similar land-use patterns among the medium-sized cities of Southeast Asia
3. The open marketplace of an ancient Greek city
4. areas of a city with a relatively uniform land use (e.g., an industrial zone)
5. the very poorest parts of cities that in extreme cases are not even connected to regular city services and are controlled by gangs or drug lords

5 Matching Questions

1. Nile River Valley
2. Sunbelt phenomenon
3. commercialization
4. McMansions
5. primate city

1. a the movement of millions of Americans from northern and northeastern States to the South and Southwest regions of the US
2. b the transformation of an area of a city in to an area attractive to residents and tourists alike in terms of economic activity
3. c the 2nd urban hearth, dating to 1200 BCE
4. d A country's largest city-ranking atop the urban hierarchy-most expressive of the national culture and usually the capital city as well
5. e "super size" homes similar in appearance to other such homes; homes often built in place of tear-downs in American suburbs

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. unrestricted growth in many US urban areas, with little concern for urban planning
   1. urban sprawl
   2. urban morphology
   3. urban realm
   4. urban (area)
2. homes bought in many American suburbs with the intent of tearing them down and replacing them with much larger homes known as McMansions
   1. shantytowns
   2. McMansions
   3. tear-downs
   4. acropolis
3. a structural model of the US central city that suggests the existence of five concentric land-use rings arranged around a common center
   1. concentric zone model
   2. Griffin-Ford model
   3. functional zonation
   4. McGee model
4. rapid change in the racial composition of residential blocks in US cities that occurs when real estate agents and others stir up fears of neighborhood decline after encouraging people of color to move into previously white neighborhoods
   1. blockbusting
   2. situation
   3. McMansions
   4. redlining
5. the entire built-up nonrural area and its population including the most recently constructed appendages
   1. urban realm
   2. urban (area)
   3. urban sprawl
   4. trade area

5 True/False Questions

1. agricultural village → a relatively small, egalitarian village, where most of the population was involved with agriculture; they began to form over 10,000 years ago

   True        False

2. spaces of consumption → restricted neighborhoods or subdivisions, often literally fenced in, where entry is limited to residents and their guests.

   True        False

3. urban morphology → the study of the physical form and structure of urban places

   True        False

4. redlining → dominant city in terms of its role in the global economy; a center of strategic control of the world economy

   True        False

5. informal economy → the urban area that is not suburban, generally, the older or original city that is surrounded by newer suburbs

   True        False