Chapter 9 Test

1. Chapter 9 Test

2. Study the Ch 9 reading quiz • Notecards • Notes • The chapter What to study for the Ch 9 Test

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4. The region adjacent to a city that is influenced economically by that city

5. The rule that states that a city’s population is inversely proportional to its rank in the urban hierarchy

6. The theory of city location that divides land into hexagonal patterns of cities, towns, villages, and hamlets

7. The movement of millions of people from the North and Northeast of the US to the Southwest and South

8. the division of the city into certain regions (zones) for certain purposes (functions) • -zones are regions of cities (industrial zones, residential zones)

9. Besides the central business district, what are the other 2 parts of an urban area

10. Which model divides cities into ever-widening circles broken down into these categories? • CBD • Zone of transition: residential deterioration and encroaching by business and light manufacturing • Residential zone for blue collar workers • Middle class residences • Suburban ring

11. former suburbs that develop to the point that they became cities in their own right

12. areas so poor that they are cut off from most city services and often controlled by drug lords

13. unplanned developments of crude dwellings and shelters made of scrap materials • Created by rural migrants to urban areas

14. movement of wealthier people into city neighborhoods who buy property; raising rents and displacing lower-income people

15. big suburban houses that all look very similar

16. unrestricted growth of housing, commercial developments, and roads over large expanses of land with little concern for urban planning (cities growing out instead of up)

17. fenced-in neighborhoods with controlled access gates for people and cars. Often have private security and cameras

18. a country’s leading city, always disproportionately large and exceptionally expressive of national capacity and feeling