Unit 6
What proportion of the world's population lives in urban areas?
41%-60%
What is an example of a primate city within Asia?
the percentage of people within a population who are either too young or too old to work and must therefore be supported by the labor of working adults within that population
Dependency Ratio
Final product weighs more or takes more space than raw materials
Most early cities first formed along rivers for what primary reason?
Citizens needed the fresh water for drinking and other survival means
According to the rank-size-rule, if the largest city in a country has 20 million people, how many will the next largest city have?
10 million
a total accounting of a nation's output, including all expenditures, revenues, and profits
GDP
Is a car assembly bulk gaining or reducing?
Bulk gaining
Why is New York City viewed as a world city?
It is the home to the headquarters of numerous multinational corportations
Suburban sprawl is the rapid growth of urban areas into undeveloped areas outside the inner city. In the US, this process is occurring most rapidly in which of the following areas?
Cities in the South and West
What are the four primary industrial regions?
1. Eastern North America
2. Western & Central Europe
3. Russia & Ukraine
4. Eastern Asia
Is clothing an example of bulk gaining or reducing?
In which section of an American city would you most likely find high rise commercial buildings?
Central Business District
NAFTA allowed for free trade among which countries?
Canada, the US, and Mexico
Areas in the U.S. where cities that were previously very successful in heavy industry became industrial wastelands.
Rust Belt
What is the primary goal of sustainable development?
to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generating to meet their own needs
Who developed the Central Place Theory?
Walter Christaller
Many urban American neighborhoods and suburbs came to be segregated because of redlining. Which entity engages in redlining?
Banks and other lending institutions
1. Primary Sector
2. Secondary Sector
3. Tertiary Sector
4. Quaternary Sector
5. Quinary Sector
Which of the following has a positive correlation with the Human Development Index?
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita