Unit 6 Vocabulary

Question 1

climate, landforms, availability of water, soil, fertility, and other physical factors:

Answer 1

site factors

Question 2

connections between sites, the relative location dictates the function of the city:

Answer 2

Situation factors

Question 3

waterways, railways, and highways provide means for:

Answer 3

-raw materials to get to factories
-Good to get to markets
-Workers to access jobs

Question 4

The advancement of transportation technology has impacted the:

Answer 4

Spatial organization of cities

Question 5

1. At first cities were clustered within 60 miles of the Atlantic seacoast
2. interior cities grew up on rivers, a good access to the coast

Answer 5

stage one: the sale wagon epoch (1790-1830)

Question 6

1. steam driven railroads allowed for the rapid expansion from urban settlements into surrounding regions.
2. Regional rail networks connected cities and resources to industrial sites.
3. Steamboats increase the movement of goods and river cities emerged

Answer 6

Stage two: the iron horse epoch (1830-1870)

Question 7

1. transcontinental railways emerged.
2. Industrial centers in the north east and Midwest continued to grow
3. River cities declined as rail centers grew.
4. Chicago was the meeting of railroads from the east and west, and became central to the economy.
5. Population and industry grew and thrived due to situational factors.

Answer 7

Stage three: steel rail epoch (1870-1920)

Question 8

1. railroads decline and cars allowed cities to spread out.
2. Air travel increased and airport hubs emerged
3. major urban growth in Great Lakes region due to the car industry and Sunbelt cities.

Answer 8

Stage four: auto air amenity epoch (1920-present)

Question 9

The trade networks - information travels along with goods:

Answer 9

Main communication networks

Question 10

resulted in decreased cost of communication and greater production:

Answer 10

Advancements in communication

Question 11

economic and educational opportunities and access to services

Answer 11

Rural to urban migration

Question 12

A household that cannot provide basic, living characteristics:

Answer 12

favelas, squatter settlements, slums

Question 13

A cities economic function will have an impact on:

Answer 13

Urbanization

Question 14

how do governments seek to attract businesses and boost the economy?

Answer 14

1. tax incentives
2. low crime
3. affordable housing
4. good schools
5. entertainment and leisure

Question 15

capital cities that are relocated, mostly occurring in former colonies:

Answer 15

Forward capitals

Question 16

Metropolitan area with 10 million or more people

Answer 16

Megacity

Question 17

Metropolitan areas with 20 million or more people:

Answer 17

Metacities

Question 18

with greater access to the automobile, roads and commercial developments have:

Answer 18

Expanded outward from the city core

Question 19

The process of people moving from cities to residential areas on the outskirts of cities

Answer 19

Suburbanization

Question 20

what resulted in the increase of suburbs?

Answer 20

1. economic advancements
2. The G.I. bill.
3. Increase production and ownership of cars.
4. The federal aid highway act.

Question 21

Community located on the outskirts of a larger city with commercial centers, office space, retail complexes, and amenities typically found in urban cities

Answer 21

Edge cities

Question 22

Suburb that has grown rapidly into a large and sprawling city with more than 100,000 residents

Answer 22

boomburbs

Question 23

Community on the outside edge of traditional suburbs. Function like a suburb, but more rural and less connected to the central city core.

Answer 23

Exurbs

Question 24

challenges of decentralization:

Answer 24

1. Placelessness
2. Dependence on cars result in pollution and traffic congestion
3. Economically exclusive - often those who remain in the city are in poverty and do not pay enough taxes to sustain the urban core

Question 25

modern cities operate within an ________ ______ ______:

Answer 25

interconnected urban hierarchy

Question 26

different cities have different _____ within the system, with ______, more influential cities landing higher, while cities with ____ populations and economies fall lower on the hierarchy:

Answer 26

functions; larger; smaller

Question 27

models and theories were developed by geographers in order to explain the ______ ______and spatial _____ of cities:

Answer 27

relative sizes; organization

Question 28

Model that illustrates the relationship between population distribution in cities that are interconnected in the urban hierarchy:

Answer 28

Rank-Size Rule

Question 29

Model that illustrates disproportionate population distribution within a state. One particular city is extremely large in terms of population size AND economic, cultural, and political influence:

Answer 29

Primate City

Question 30

Model that illustrates the spatial relationship and amount of interaction between locations of different sizes - flows of people, trade, traffic, communication, etc.

Considers the distance between 2 locations and their relative sizes:

Answer 30

The Gravity Model

Question 31

Model that illustrates the hierarchical spatial patterns/order of cities and settlements:

Answer 31

Christaller’s Central Place Theory

Question 32

The central place is the large city that provides the most goods and services for the surrounding areas:

Answer 32

Christaller’s Central Place Theory

Question 33

The # of people needed to support a certain good/service:

Answer 33

Threshold

Question 34

Expensive, desirable, or unique - large threshold and range. Typically found in high-order locations such as major cities:

Answer 34

High Order Goods and Services

Question 35

Inexpensive, common, everyday needs - smaller threshold and range. Typically found in lower-order locations such as towns, villages, and hamlets:

Answer 35

Low Order Goods and Services