Chapter 13 Clickers

The Cultural Landscape

Eleventh Edition

Urban Patterns

John Conley
Saddleback College

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 CBD retail services are least likely to have the
following characteristic:

a) primarily rural customers.

b) high threshold.
c) high range.
d) services for office workers.
e) None of these are typical of CBD retail services.

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 CBD retail services are least likely to have the
following characteristic:

a) primarily rural customers.

b) high threshold.
c) high range.
d) services for office workers.
e) None of these are typical of CBD retail services.

Explanation:
Three types of retail services concentrate in the CBD: high threshold, long
range, and cater to office workers.

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 In the United States, services are predominately
moving to locations:

a) in scenic rural areas far from cities.

b) in the Central Business District.
c) dispersed evenly throughout cities.
d) in malls near suburbs.
e) with the lowest labor costs.

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 In the United States, services are
predominately moving to locations:

a) in scenic rural areas far from cities.

b) in the Central Business District.
c) dispersed evenly throughout cities.
d) in malls near suburbs.
e) with the lowest labor costs.

Explanation:
Service providers have moved to the suburbs to be near their customers.

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 In the United States, which of the following is
most likely to have the largest area?

a) Metropolitan statistical area

b) County
c) Large city
d) Urbanized area
e) Micropolitan statistical area

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 In the United States, which of the following is
most likely to have the largest area?

a) Metropolitan statistical area

b) County
c) Large city
d) Urbanized area
e) Micropolitan statistical area

Explanation:
MSAs account for an urban area’s extensive zone of influence, e.g.,
commuting.

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 The ______________ model holds that cities
expand outward in circular rings.

a) concentric zone
b) edge city
c) sector
d) multiple nuclei
e) peripheral

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 The ______________ model holds that cities
expand outward in circular rings.

a) concentric zone
b) edge city
c) sector
d) multiple nuclei
e) peripheral

Explanation:
Other urban models suggest that cities grow in sectors and discrete nuclei.

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 Dwelling patterns in less-developed countries:

a) vary dramatically based on ancient cultural practices.

b) tend to be similar to European cities.
c) tend to be similar to American cities.
d) are strongly regulated by governments.
e) lead to strong intermixing of rich and poor in the city
centers.

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 Dwelling patterns in less-developed countries:

a) vary dramatically based on ancient cultural practices.

b) tend to be similar to European cities.
c) tend to be similar to American cities.
d) are strongly regulated by governments.
e) lead to strong intermixing of rich and poor in the city
centers.

Explanation:
Most LDC cities have a colonial past and, like European cities, the poor and
worker predominate in the suburbs.

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 In Latin American cities, the very poor tend to
live:

• on the periphery of the city.

• in the central business district.
• in narrow corridors radiating out from the central
business district.
• in a ring that immediately surrounds the central
business district.
• in edge cities physically separated from large cities.

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 In Latin American cities, the very poor tend to
live:

a) on the periphery of the city.

b) in the central business district.
c) in narrow corridors radiating out from the central business district.
d) in a ring that immediately surrounds the central business district.
e) in edge cities physically separated from large cities.

Explanation:
Like other cities in LDCs, the poor cluster on the margins in squatter
settlements.

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 The illegal process by which banks identify
urban areas in which they will not make
residential loans is called:

a) urban renewal.
b) black-listing.
c) filtering.
d) green-belting.
e) redlining.

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 The illegal process by which banks identify urban
areas in which they will not make residential loans
is called:

a) urban renewal.
b) black-listing.
c) filtering.
d) green-belting.
e) redlining.

Explanation:
The Community Reinvestment Act requires banks to demonstrate that loans
are fairly distributed throughout their service area.

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 The process by which an inner-city
neighborhood is renovated and attracts middle-
class residents is called:

a) annexation.
b) gentrification.
c) public housing.
d) redlining.
e) urbanization.

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 The process by which an inner-city
neighborhood is renovated and attracts middle-
class residents is called:

a) annexation.
b) gentrification.
c) public housing.
d) redlining.
e) urbanization.

Explanation:
Renovated housing stock leads to higher tax receipts for cities as well as
higher rents that in turn displace poorer residents.

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 Polls in the United States show that most
people prefer to live in:

a) city centers.
b) rural areas.
c) small towns.
d) suburbs.
e) any place that is within 5 miles of work.

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 Polls in the United States show that most
people prefer to live in:

a) city centers.
b) rural areas.
c) small towns.
d) suburbs.
e) any place that is within 5 miles of work.

Explanation:
Suburbs are widely perceived to offer a host of amenities and benefits

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 In the United States, local government can best
be described as:

a) consolidated.
b) fragmented.
c) national.
d) unitary.
e) urbanized.

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 In the United States, local government can best be
described as:

a) consolidated.
b) fragmented.
c) national.
d) unitary.
e) urbanized.

Explanation:
There are thousands of general and special purpose governmental units across
the country.

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 In the sector model, a city grows in a series
of________ that extend from the Central
Business District.

a) Individual nodes
b) Wedges
c) Centers
d) Rings
e) Hexagons

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 In the sector model, a city grows in a series
of________ that extend from the Central
Business District.

a) Individual nodes
b) Wedges
c) Centers
d) Rings
e) Hexagons

Explanation:
Different sectors of the city expand outward from the CBD in a series of
corridors.

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 The Pacific Northwest primarily generates
electricity from

a) Coal
b) Natural gas
c) Nuclear
d) Hydroelectric
e) Wind power

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 The Pacific Northwest primarily generates
electricity from

a) Coal
b) Natural gas
c) Nuclear
d) Hydroelectric
e) Wind power

Explanation:
The Pacific Northwest has dams on many of their rivers.

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