Unit 6: Chapter 15

Question 1

Settlement

Answer 1

a place where a permanent population lives

Question 2

Urbanization

Answer 2

Process of developing cities and towns

Question 3

Site

Answer 3

Describes the physical features/characteristics of a place

Question 4

Situation

Answer 4

Location of a place relative to its surroundings

Question 5

metropolitan area

Answer 5

an adjacent city with a high population density

Question 6

suburbanization

Answer 6

when people from cities move to the suburbs

Question 7

Boomburb

Answer 7

quick growing areas with over 100,000 people, but aren’t the largest city in the metro area

Question 8

Edge city

Answer 8

Nodes of economic activity at the edges of cities

Question 9

Exurb

Answer 9

Residential areas that are past suburbs

Question 10

Megacity

Answer 10

population with over 10 million people

Question 11

Metacity

Answer 11

Urban area with over 20 million people, or multiple urban areas are formed together to create one

Question 12

Megalopolis

Answer 12

A network of high-density human settlements

Question 13

World City

Answer 13

cities that are influential beyond their country.

Question 14

Rank-size rule

Answer 14

The nth largest city will be 1/nth of the size of the biggest city

Question 15

Urban Hierarchy

Answer 15

A ranking of settlements according to size/functions. Hamlet, village, town, city, metropolis

Question 16

Primate city

Answer 16

A city with that largest population in the country by far. At least double the population of the second largest city

Question 17

Gravity Model

Answer 17

Cities that are closer and larger to each other are more likely to interact with one another

Question 18

Central Place Theory

Answer 18

The idea that smaller areas surround larger ones and rely on them for more important needs

Question 19

Threshhold

Answer 19

Minimum # of people required to support a good/service

Question 20

Range

Answer 20

max distance a person is willing to travel for a good/service