Quiz Flashcards
What is one major difference between suburban areas in the US and Europe?
US suburban areas enjoy relatively low crime rates and good schools, European suburban areas have more crime and poorer schools than in the cities.
Before colonization, cities were centered around what primary structure?
A religious core
What is a squatter settlement?
Housing for poor migrants that contains very few services
When they conquered cities in the New World, European conquerers preserved established pre-colonial city patterns.
False
Colonial cities were characterized by which of the following?
Wider streets and a lower population density
A census tract is a part of an urbanized area that contains about 5,000 residents.
True
In the concetric zone model, which of the following is most likely to locate in the outermost ring?
Wealthy suburban homeowners
Which of the following is not true about urbanization?
Higher numbers of people moving into cities indicate a high level of development.
What was Louis Wirth’s contribution to the study of urban patterns?
Wirth created three ways to identify an urban area.
Where is Megalopolis?
Boston to Washington DC.
Which of the following regions are included in an MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)?
The suburban areas surrounding city that is the center of an MSA, Surrounding counties that send a lot of workers to the MSA, and The county in which the MSA is located.
A city is a/an…
Urban settlement that is self-governing.
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of living in the suburbs?
Stores, workplaces, and services within walking distance.
What are greenbelts?
Rings of open space surrounding European cities like London to combat sprawl.
What is Annexation?
Legally adding land area to a city in the United States.
