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Practice AP Questions
100
This is the number 1 reason for urbanization
Economic Opportunities/Jobs
100
What city model is shown below 
Concentric Zone Model
100
Cars, Highways, and public transportation have all contributed to this trend where people move to the outskirts of urban areas.
suburbanization
100
A space where lives, work, and play blend, A community hub where streets never end.
Mixed-Use Developments
100
Which of the following best explains what the concentric zone model and bid-rent curve illustrate about patterns of urban areas?
(A) Together they show how housing prices rise exponentially in rural areas.
(B) Together they show how land prices rise exponentially closer to the central business district.
(C) Together they show how rents for apartments drop precipitously closer to the central business district.
(D) Together they show how rents for agricultural land rise exponentially farther from cities.
(E) Together they show how rents for commercial office space rise exponentially on the urban periphery.
(B) Together they show how land prices rise exponentially closer to the central business district.
200
What is a CBD, and where is it located in American city models?
Central Business District - in the center...duh
200
What model is shown below
Hoyt Sector Model
200
A major environmental issue for urban areas with a high usage of personal vehicles
Increased Air Pollution
200
Forgotten factories, silent and still, Await transformation, a businessman's thrill.
Brownfields
200
Today, the greatest number of urban dwellers is found in
(A) North America
(B) South America
(C) Africa
(D) Europe
(E) Asia
(E) Asia
300
Define Megacity
A city of 10 million people
300
What model is shown below
Latin American Model
300
List out three examples of mass transit systems
Buses, Subways, Trains
300
Discrimination in loans, a housing disgrace, Denying fair chances, based on race.
Redlining
300
According to the rank-size rule, if the largest city in a region has a population size of 900,000, then the third largest city will have a population of
(A) 3,000
(B) 9,000
(C) 450,000
(D) 300,000
(E) 225,000
(D) 300,000
400
Does this country represent the Rank-Size Rule or Primate City?
Mexico
1. Mexico City 12,294,193
2. Iztapalapa 1,820,888
3. Ecatepec 1,806,226
4. Guadalajara 1,640,589
Primate City
400
What Model is shown below? 
Southeast Asian Model
400
Place the 4 epochs in order from earliest to latest
Auto-Air-Amenity
Iron-Horse
Steel-Rail
Sail-Wagon
Sail-Wagon
Iron Horse
Steel Rail
Auto-Air-Amenity
400
Packed homes and apartments in a bustling town, Where many reside, but space isn't found.
High-Density Housing
400
Which of the following best explains why New York City has more specialized stores than do smaller urban places in the United States?
(A) status as a primate city
(B) The rank-size rule
(C) The gravity model
(D) Central place theory
(E) The Burgess concentric zone model
(D) Central place theory
500
Displacement of low income residents due to rising property values and rents as a result of redevelopment
Gentrification
500
What model is below?
Galactic City Model
500
What term describes the pattern of urban development that focuses on .pedestrian friendly, mixed-use areas near a mass transit stations
Transit-oriented development (TOD)
500
In these zones, life's harsh on the soul, Poverty, crime, where dangers patrol.
Disamenity Zone
500
The multiple-nuclei model of city structure tends to be most applicable to
(A) small cities
(B) traditional cities
(C) Latin American cities
(D) newer, fast-growing cities
(E) cities with homogeneous land use
(D) newer, fast-growing cities