Human Geography, Practice Quiz: Chapter 12

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. Urban population densities tend to ________.

a) decline as a negative exponential function of distance from the centre of the city correct incorrect

b) increase as an exponential function of distance from the centre of the city correct incorrect

c) vary spatially, but not in any formal relation to the centre of the city correct incorrect

d) vary spatially in relation to industrial areas correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. African cities ________.

a) are typically centred around a plaza correct incorrect

b) are typically some mix of indigenous, Islamic, colonial, and European influences correct incorrect

c) typically contain only formalized housing correct incorrect

d) typically have outer regions connected by a perimeter road correct incorrect

e) None of the above. correct incorrect

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. The idea that poverty and deprivation are transmitted intergenerationally, reflecting home background and spatial variations in opportunities is called ________.

a) rooflessness correct incorrect

b) the cycle of poverty correct incorrect

c) deindustrialization correct incorrect

d) conurbation correct incorrect

e) edge poverty correct incorrect

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. The following situation could be classified as homelessness: ________.

a) Living in a house that is overcrowded correct incorrect

b) Sleeping regularly at a shelter correct incorrect

c) Living in a home that will likely be lost if the rent is raised correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

e) Both A and B correct incorrect

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. Back-office activities are ________.

a) skilled occupations correct incorrect

b) repetitive office operations correct incorrect

c) are located in major office buildings correct incorrect

d) performed through face-to-face interaction correct incorrect

e) All of the above correct incorrect

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. A garden city is ________.

a) a high-quality residential subdivision or community with access limited to residents and other authorized people correct incorrect

b) a planned area of open, partially rural land, surrounding an urban area correct incorrect

c) a planned settlement designed to combine the advantages of urban and rural living to emphasize spaciousness and quality of life correct incorrect

d) a city which emphasises environmental justice correct incorrect

e) None of the above. correct incorrect

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. Conurbation is ________.

a) the development of a centre of office and retail activities located on the edge of a large urban centre correct incorrect

b) a continuously built-up area formed by the coalescing of several expanding cities that were originally separate correct incorrect

c) the opposite of suburbanization correct incorrect

d) a lack of environmental justice correct incorrect

e) a lack of mobility in cities correct incorrect

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. New Urbanism focuses on building communities based on ________.

a) public ownership and massive multi-story buildings correct incorrect

b) pedestrian movement and mass transit, rather than private vehicles correct incorrect

c) access limited only to residents and authorized people correct incorrect

d) telecommunications and an increase in space-time convergence correct incorrect

e) None of the above. correct incorrect

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. The ability to move from one location to another is ________.

a) accessibility correct incorrect

b) mobility correct incorrect

c) conurbation correct incorrect

d) motility correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. Information technologies in relation to cities means ________.

a) a reduction in the need for personal mobility correct incorrect

b) differentiation between back office and front office activities correct incorrect

c) new divisions of labour correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect