Unit 6 Topic 1

Question 1

What are site factors?

Answer 1

Characteristics that are at a specific location; describes absolute location

Question 2

What are some different site factors?

Answer 2

Natural Resources
Climate
Physical Terrain
Different buildings

Question 3

What are situation factors?

Answer 3

Locations surrounding a place (Describing a place in relation to other geographic features or places around it); describes relative location

Question 4

What is urban sprawl?

Answer 4

The expansion of an urban or suburban area into the surrounding countryside.

Question 5

What are price ceilings?

Answer 5

A government imposed limit on the prince of a product or services. The goal is to reduce the price of a product or service.

Question 6

Rural vs. Urban

Answer 6

Rural settlements tend to be smaller than urban ones
Rural settlements tend to have a lower population density than urban ones
Rural settlements tend to be less culturally diverse in its population

Question 7

What are some different factors that affect urban development?

Answer 7

Transportation - time-space compression, advancements
Communication - internet, people working from home
Economic - migration to urban areas. Higher prices from higher density.