Human Mosaic Chapter 10-11

urbanized population refers to a country’s

the United States Census Bureau defines a city as a densely populated area of __________ people or more

the term “world cities” refers to cities having populations of at least

which of the following cities is NOT ranked in the world’s ten largest metropolitan areas: (Seoul, London, Moscow, New York, Bombay)

the city that dominates the political, economic, and cultural life of a country is the

the origin of cities is strongly related to: (plant/animal domestication, improved transportation networks, warfare/defense, improved building techniques)

the hydraulic civilization model can be tied to all of the following urban hearths EXCEPT: (China, Mesoamerica, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus River valley)

cosmomagical cities exhibit the three spatial characteristics of a __________, symbolic center, and cardinal direction orientation

the pattern of functional land use within a city is referred to as

the place for public use and markets in ancient Greek cities was the

the __________ was the urban zone of a Roman city where religious, administrative, and educational structures, as well as markets, were located

the most important contribution or legacy of Roman city builders was probably

the major functions of the medieval city are depicted in all of the following symbols EXCEPT: (town hall, charter, fortress, wall, marketplace)

the medieval town’s crowning glory was usually the

T/F: most European cities were founded during the medieval period

T/F: few of the traditions Western urban life began in the medieval period

T/F: the medieval landscape is still with us, giving us a visible history of the city and distinctive form

T/F: the Baroque period predated the Renaissance in history

the term and concept of megalopolis was created by

a majority of the American people were not urbanized until

the regional setting of urban location is called the

Mexico City, Montreal, New York City, and Venice are all examples of

critical to central-place theory is the fact that different goods and services vary both in __________ and range

NOT a feature of an “edge city”

large-scale squatter settlements are a typical feature of many

an excellent method of defining social regions is to isolate one social trait and plot its distribution within a city by using

the neighborhood concept is critical cultural geography because it

an important economic advantage to central city location has traditionally been: (product cost, advertising, proximity to major transport networks, accessibility)

agglomeration or clustering is considered

today, many people travel to work from suburb to suburb. This is called

the government body known as FHA is an abbreviation for

a practice in which banks and mortgage companies designate areas considered to he a high risk for loans

the movement of middle-class people into deteriorated areas of city center is referred to as

lower-income people of the inner city are often displaced by the process of

the study of the relationship between an organism and its physical environment is called

the direction of city growth, the patterning of social regions, and the routing of transportation can all be influenced by

T/F: the heat generation of a city produces a large mass of warmer air sitting over the city called the urban heat island

T/F: during the summer, a city center is warmer than its suburbs

the concentric zone model of Burgess has five zones. Zone 2, characterized by a mixed pattern of industrial and residential land use, is considered a __________ zone

the area of the concentric zone model characterized by commuters and high-income families is zone

the sector model of urban land-use was developed by

freeways became part of the city landscape

the model that maintains that a city develops with equal intensity around various points is the __________ model

in the Latin American model the zone of maturity primarily includes

a palimpsest is a

a cemetery may be considered part of a city’s

which of the following is considered a “landmark”: (city hall, railway depot, industrial smokestack, White Castle restaurant)

shopping malls in North America are ___________ spaces

Mike Davis discusses patterns of “militarized” space. This space is primarily

T/F: many U.S. cities have a pattern of leap-frog expansion, and then in-filling, to use all of the space inside city limits