Human Geo · Unit 6 · Paper 2

Cities & Urban Land Use unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3

Each paper is built from this unit’s 18 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 6, Paper 2” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.

Suggested time 34 min 31 points0/17 attempted

World city

Concentric zone model

Suburbanization and sprawl

Gentrification

Christaller's central place theory

Bid-rent theory

Megacity and metacity

Urbanization

Site and situation for cities

Sector model

Urban redevelopment and renewal

Latin American, African and Southeast Asian city models

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Rank-size rule and primate city

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Squatter settlements

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Urban sustainability challenges

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Range and threshold

3 pts

Free response

7 pts

Urban models describe internal city structure, but cities also change through political and economic processes. (A) Identify the geographer or geographers associated with the multiple nuclei model. (B) Describe one way the multiple nuclei model differs from the concentric zone model. (C) Explain one reason the Latin American city model places low-income squatter settlements at the urban periphery while North American models place low-income housing near the center. (D) Define gentrification. (E) Explain one benefit and one cost of gentrification for existing residents of a neighborhood. (F) Explain how an urban growth boundary is intended to reduce sprawl. (G) Explain one criticism of urban growth boundaries as a policy tool.