Chapter 9 - Urban Geography

Question 0

Agora

Answer 0

Public spaces in Ancient Greece where citizens debated, lectured, judged each other, planned military campaigns, and traded.

Question 1

Acropolis

Answer 1

“High point of the city.” The upper fortified part of an Ancient Greek city, usually devoted to religious purposes.

Question 2

Agricultural Surplus

Answer 2

1 of 2 components, together with Social Stratification, that enable the formation of Cities; agricultural production in excess of that which the producer needs for his/her own sustenance and that of his/her family & which is then sold for consumption by others

Question 3

Agricultural village

Answer 3

A relatively small, egalitarian village, where most of the pop. was involved in ag. Starting over 10K years ago, people began to cluster in agricultural villages as they stayed in one place to tend their crops.

Question 4

Blockbusting

Answer 4

Encouraging black people to move into white neighborhoods

Question 5

Central business district (CBD)

Answer 5

The heart of a Central City.

Question 6

Central City

Answer 6

Urban area that is not suburban; the older or original city that is surrounded by newer suburbs

Question 7

The Central Place Theory

Answer 7

Walter Christaller

Explains how and where central places in the urban hierarchy should be functionally and spatially distributed

Question 8

Commercialization

Answer 8

Transformation of an area of a city into an area attractive to residents and tourists

Question 9

The Concentric Zone Model

Answer 9

Model of the American Central City that suggests the existence of 5 concentric land use rings arranged around a common center

Question 10

Disamenity Sector

Answer 10

Poorest parts of cities that in extreme cases are not even connected to regular city services and are controlled by gangs or drug lords

Question 11

Edge Cities

Answer 11

Joel Garreau

Describes the shifting focus of urbanization in the US away from the CBD

Question 12

First Urban Revolution

Answer 12

The innovation of the city, which occurred independently in five separate hearths

Question 13

Forum

Answer 13

The focal point of ancient Roman life combining the functions of the Ancient Greek Acropolis and Agora

Question 14

Functional Zonation

Answer 14

Division of a city into different zones

Question 15

Gated Communities

Answer 15

Restricted neighborhoods or subdivisions where entry is limited to residents and their guests

Question 16

Gentrification

Answer 16

The rehab of deteriorated housing

Question 17

Griffin Ford Model

Answer 17

Ernst Griffin & Larry Ford

A model of the Latin American city showing a blend of traditional elements of Latin American culture

Question 18

Huang He and Wei River Valleys

Answer 18

Rivers in present day China; it was at the confluence of the Huang He and Wei Rivers where chronologically the 4th urban hearth was established around 1500BCE

Question 19

Indus River Valley

Answer 19

The 3rd urban hearth, dating to 2200 BCE

Question 20

Informal Economy

Answer 20

Economic activity that is neither taxes not monitored by a gov’t and is not included in the GNP

Question 21

Leadership class

Answer 21

Group of decision makers and organizers in early cities

Question 22

McGee Model

Answer 22

T.G. McGee

A model showing similar land use patterns among the medium sized cities of SE Asia

Question 23

McMansions

Answer 23

Homes referred to as such because of their “super size” and similarity in appearance to other such homes