Modules 46-47

Question 1

World Cities

Answer 1

A world center of trade, finance, information, and migration.

Question 2

Gated Communities

Answer 2

Privately governed and highly secure residential areas within the bounds of a city, often has a fence or gate surrounding it.

Question 3

Urban Systems

Answer 3

A set of interdependent cities or urban palaces connected by networks.

Question 4

Rank-Size Rule

Answer 4

The population of a settlement is inversely proportional to its rank in the urban hierarchy.

Question 5

Urban Hierarchy

Answer 5

A ranking of cities, with the largest and most powerful cities at the top of the hierarchy.

Question 6

Primate Cities

Answer 6

A city that is much larger than any other city in the country and that dominates the country’s economic, political, and cultural life.

Question 7

Christaller’s Central Place Theroy

Answer 7

A module developed by walker chirstaller, that attempts to understand why cities are located where they are.

Question 8

Central Places

Answer 8

A settlement that makes certain types of products and services available to consumers.

Question 9

Threshold

Answer 9

In central place theory, the number of people required to support businesses.

Question 10

Range

Answer 10

In central place theory, the distance people will travel to acquire a good.

Question 11

The gravity model

Answer 11

The idea that the closer 2 places are, the more they will influence each other.