Unit 6

Question 1

Site

Answer 1

Place where a settlement is located

Question 2

Situation

Answer 2

Describes where a settlement is relative to other cities

Question 3

Socioeconomic stratification

Answer 3

Differentiation of society based on wealth, power, and/or prestige

Question 4

First urban revolution

Answer 4

Agricultural and socioeconomic innovations that led to the first early cities

Question 5

Second urban revolution

Answer 5

Industrial innovations led to an increase in urban growth

Question 6

Metrópolis

Answer 6

Large and densely populated city

Question 7

Megacities

Answer 7

10 million

Question 8

Metacities

Answer 8

20 million

Question 9

Edge cities

Answer 9

Áreas built outside of major cities made for businesses

Question 10

Exurb

Answer 10

Semi rural area often inhabited by wealthier families

Question 11

World city

Answer 11

Cities that are a center of the global economy

Question 12

Rank size rule

Answer 12

2nd Largest city in a population is half the size of the first city

Question 13

Primate city

Answer 13

City that is more than twice the size of the 2nd largest cities

Question 14

Gravity model

Answer 14

Larger the city is, the more individuals it will attract

Question 15

Rent gradient

Answer 15

The closer you are to the central business district, the higher the rent

Question 16

Central place theory

Answer 16

Cities exist for economic reason and are areas that facilitate the exchange of goods and services

Question 17

Hinterland

Answer 17

Area between 2 cities

Question 18

Threshold

Answer 18

Purchasing power required to support a good/service

Question 19

Central place theory

Answer 19

One large city surrounded smaller towns

Question 20

Zoning ordinances

Answer 20

Tell what you can and can’t do with land