Which model tries to explain how a country will develop?
Rostow's modernization model (or Rostow's ladder of development)
100
Which theory refers to how the price and demand on land changes as the distance from the CBD increases?
Bid Rent Theory
100
What is a primate city?
A country’s largest city ranking atop the urban hierarchy; is at least double the population of the next smallest city
100
What are NGOs?
Nongovernmental Organizations - organizations that operate independently from governments
100
The second urban revolution (improved or worsened) working and living conditions
Worsened
200
Which model is located along the U.S. - Mexico border?
Border Mexican City Model
200
What are the three tiers that the world is divided into in Wallerstein's world systems theory?
The core, the periphery, and the semi-periphery
200
The division of a city into zones with certain functions is ________
Functional zonation
200
Mexican maquiladoras and the special economic zones of China are two types of _________
Export Processing Zones (EPZs)
200
Which major vectored disease is spread by mosquitoes that carry the parasite in their saliva?
Malaria
300
Which model was created by Homer Hoyt?
Sector Model
300
Based on the bid rent theory, if City "A" has 16 million people, how many will City "B" and "C" have? (City "C" is smaller than City "B", which is smaller than City "A")
City "B": 8 million
City "C": 4 million
300
The layout of a city including physical form and structure is ___________________
Urban morphology
300
A type of program that gives loans to poor people, especially women, is called
Microcredit program
300
What has been introduced to counter urban sprawl?
New Urbanism
400
Which model is based around 3 CBDs: traditional, colonial, and market?
Sub-Saharan African City Model
400
What theory holds that the political and economic relationship between countries and regions of the world control and limit the economic development possibilities of poorer areas?
Dependency theory
400
What are zones?
Areas with a relatively uniform function
400
What is an island of development?
A certain city where a government or corporation has built up and concentrated economic development
400
Where is desertification most evident? (Name the continent and region)
Africa; Sahara Desert
500
Which model is based upon the bid rent curve?
Concentric Zone Model
500
How many people does a "town" have?
Between 2,500 and 20,000 people
500
What is gentrification?
When individuals buy up and rehabilitate houses, raising their value and changing the neighborhood
500
Loans given to countries in exchange for reforms in the economy or government are called ____________
Structural adjustment loans
500
What are the four barriers to economic development?
Low levels of social welfare, foreign debt, political instability, and widespread disease.