M4 REV

Question 1

is a large human settlement which serves as a center of population, commerce, and
culture

Answer 1

city

Question 2

typically have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities,
land use, and communication

Answer 2

Cities

Question 3

In the Philippines, X, X, and X serve as the criteria to

see if a territory qualifies as a city

Answer 3

land area

population

locally generated income

Question 4

settlement X, the settlements that are greater in number are usually at the bottom
of the hierarchy

Answer 4

hierarchy

Question 5

Settlements that are fewer in number are usually at the X of the hierarchy

Answer 5

top

Question 6

The X Ranking classifies cities as Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Cities

Answer 6

GaWC Ranking

Question 7

GaWC is the

only city ranking system in existence

Answer 7

false

Question 8

The more a city is linked to important economic areas and activities, the X is its rank in the
GaWC classification system

Answer 8

higher

Question 9

Alpha Cities are categorized as X, X, X, and X.

Answer 9

Alpha++

Alpha+

Alpha

Alpha-

Question 10

X have the lowest number because of how difficult it is to qualify as it

Answer 10

Alpha++

Question 11

X are usually cities that belong to the Alpha category of the GaWC

Answer 11

Global cities

Question 12

A X is a city that plays a significant role in the global economic system

Answer 12

global city

Question 13

It serves as a

center for economic activity in a network of interconnected cities

Answer 13

global city

Question 14

Global city connections also exist through the

internet

Answer 14

true

Question 15

X are places where multiple globalization processes take concrete and localized
forms

Answer 15

Global cities

Question 16

One experiences globalization in its greatest form when one is in a

Answer 16

global city

Question 17

Global cities tend to be X cities as well based on the GaWC ranking system.

Answer 17

Alpha

Question 18

X lay out seven things that potentially take place within

global cities.

Answer 18

Sassen’s Global City Model Hypotheses

Question 19

are dispersed from global cities to other
territories. However, all these activities are controlled in a corporate center found in a global
city

Answer 19

economic activities

Question 20

corporate centers found in global cities resort to X due

to the complexity of their operations.

Answer 20

outsourcing

Question 21

creates a link between global cities and nonglobal cities or towns.

Answer 21

Outsourcing

Question 22

specialized service firms in global cities engage in X

which strengthens their capacity to compete internationally

Answer 22

business clustering

Question 23

Agglomeration and business

clustering are not the same

Answer 23

false

Question 24

X in global cities have flexibility (in the choice of where

to outsource) the more they engage themselves in outsourcing.

Answer 24

corporations

Question 25

X need to provide a global service that has a

global demand. This global service will create a series of transnational network of cities

Answer 25

specialized service firms

Question 26

n increasing number of high-level professionals and specialized
service firms result to an increase in the degree of X and X seen in
cities.

Answer 26

spatial

socio-economic inequality

Question 27

X leads to the informalization of many

economic activities

Answer 27

global city environment

Question 28

is one example of an informal economic activity

Answer 28

. Freelancing