Rise of Cities
By 2007, more than half the world's population finally lived in cities, a process called this
What is urbanization
This "Rule of Proportion" suggests that a country's nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement.
What is rank-size
If you draw a circle around a store representing the maximum distance customers will travel, you would be indicating this vocabulary word
What is range
Plessy v. Ferguson allowed races to be split by gate or fence for separation. The idea was overturned in Brown v. Board of Ed, outlawing [BLANK].
What is segregation
Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool
What is the United Kingdom (England also acceptable)
While Europe and North America already have a high percentage in cities, this continent is currently seeing the fastest rate of people moving into cities.
What is Africa
In a balanced system, if the #1 city has 10 million people, this fraction tells you exactly how big the #2 city should be.
What is 1/2
To be profitable, a business needs a solid block of customers; this term describes the minimum "volume" of people required.
What is threshold
On old maps, banks drew a border for those they were undermining. They refused to give loans to neighborhoods through the practice of [BLANK].
What is redlining
Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux
What is France
As a country develops, it moves away from subsistence farming and begins to build factories and mass-produce goods, a process known as this
What is industrialization
This "Rule of One" describes a single, massive city that is at least double the size of the next largest city in the country.
What is a Primate City
This six-sided polygon is the star of the model, chosen because it tiles perfectly without leaving any "empty holes" on the map
What is a hexagon
Agents tricked homeowners who were far too trusting. They used racial fear to flip houses in a process called [BLANK].
What is blockbusting
Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt
What is Germany
This continent successfully urbanized most recently and is now home to the majority of the world's 10-million-plus "Megacities"
What is Asia
Do the Math: If a country follows the Rank-Size Rule and its #1 city has 12 million people, a city with 4 million is most likely to rank where in the country's size order?
What is 3rd
Imagining the Hierarchy Triangle, reorder these services from highest order to lowest order: High School (A), NFL Stadium (B), Corner Store (C)
What is NFL Stadium, High School, Gas Station
(B, A, C)
Many people took a suburban flight to leave the urban zones. They moved to areas where the banks would actually give out [BLANK].
What is loans
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague
The Netherlands
While people in cities work in service jobs or factories, the vast majority of people living in rural, non-urban areas survive by practicing this
What is Subsistence Agriculture (or Farming)?
Calculation: In a perfect Rank-Size country, if the largest city has 100,000 people, provide the exact population of the #4 city
What is 25,000
Central place has a hierarchy model with 'urban capital', 'city', & 'town' at the top. The other two are the smallest & most difficult to name. Give just one to prove your knowledge
What are hamlets or villages
New coffee shops and high rents might seem like a sensation. But displacing the original residents is a process called [BLANK].
What is gentrification
Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck
What is Austria