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Unit 6

6.13 MC Answers and Review

6 min read•may 4, 2023

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Answers and Review for Multiple Choice Practice on Cities & Urban Land Use

⛔STOP ⛔ Before you look at the answers, make sure you gave this practice quiz a try so you can assess your understanding of the concepts covered in Unit 6. Click here for the practice questions: AP Human Geo Unit 6 Multiple Choice Questions.

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Facts about the test: The AP Human Geography exam has 60 multiple choice questions and you will be given 1 hour to complete the section. That means it should take you around 1 minute per question.

*The following questions were not written by College Board and, although they cover information outlined in the AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, the formatting on the exam may be different.

1. Which of the following area classification houses the smallest population?

A. Hamlet

B. City

C. Town

D. Village

Explanation: In the urban hierarchy, Hamlet is the smallest besides isolated farms.

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2. When looking at models like the Central Place theory, does range or threshold cover a smaller area?

A. Threshold

B. Range

C. Depends on the market

D. They are the same size

Explanation: Threshold is smaller area than range because Threshold is the minimum customers and Range is the maximum distance.

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3. Which of the following models, besides Latin America/Griffen-Ford, has a high class residential ray/spine from the CBD?

A. De Bilj's Sub Saharan Africa Model

B. Harris & Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model

C. Burgess' Concentric Zone Model

D. Hoyt's Sector Model

Explanation: Hoyt's SECTOR Model has a ray (the sector) to the east of the CBD with High Class Residential Living.

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4. Which of the following are located in the CBD?

A. Public Services

B. Business Services

C. Consumer Services

D. All of the above

Explanation: CBDs contain private and public sector functions.

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5. In North America, which zone are skyscrapers usually located inside of?

A. Zone in Situ

B. Residential Suburbs

C. CBD

D. Squatter Settlements

Explanation: CBDs contain most business in cities which means that companies will build skyscrapers for working and living in the CBD. Watch this video on Urban Land Use!

6. Which vocab term could be defined as 'A zone with high population density at the core which decreases as you go farther from the hearth'?

A. None of the Above

B. Conurban Area

C. Megalopolis

D. Metropolitan Statistical Area

Explanation: Metropolitan areas start from a city center, then as they spread outwards, you reach areas like exurbs and suburbs that have less population density than Central City Areas.

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7. Which of the following is NOT a hearth of urbanization?

A. Peru/Incan

B. Mesopotamia

C. Greek/Roman Civilization

D. Indus River Valley

Explanation: The other 3 options (besides Greek/Roman) are part of the 6 hearths of Urbanization along with Huang He, Nile, and Mesoamerica/Mayan.

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8. "Fiveablelandia has cities with populations shown below:

APHuG City = 320,000

Enviro Town = 210,000

Stats Village = 180,000

... [more cities rankings not listed]

Which of the following rules does Fiveablelandia follow?"

A. Rank-Size Rule

B. Primate City Rule

C. Forward Capital Rule

D. None of the Above

Explanation: Fiveablelandia's greatest city is not way over 2x larger than the next, and the next largest city is not 1/2 of the population of the largest city, so, respectively, Fiveablelandia does not follow the Primate City or Rank-Size Rule. The Forward Capital Rule (for population sizes) does not exist.

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9. The Atlanta BeltLine features many running and walking paths as well as ones for bikes to allow people to safely and cleanly move around the city (without cars). This is an example of _____.

A. New Urbanist Society

B. A Green Belt

C. Urban Sprawl

D. Urban Revitalization

Explanation: This BeltLine would be classified as a Green Belt because it encourages not using fossil fuel-burning cars to travel around the city and connects Atlanta through many 'green' areas (with flora + fauna).

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10. Which of the following shapes and why does the Central Place Theory use it?

A. Hexagons; To allow the different zones to connect/touch with geometric shapes

B. Circles; To more accurately model the area of land usage

C. Circles; Other urban models use circles for their zones (Concentric Model)

D. Hexagons; The shape represents clustered/uneven populations best

Explanation: Hexagons are the shape in the Central Place Theory, but the Central Place Theory assumes that all populations are evenly distributed, so the answer choice with clustered/uneven populations cannot be correct. Watch this video on Urban Models!

11. When a population map shows high concentration of clearly black and clearly white neighborhoods separated, but both in Central Cities, this best represents the impacts of a history of _____.

A. Blockbusting

B. Redlining

C. Urban Sprawl

D. White Flight

Explanation: Blockbusting and White Flight both caused White people to move away from the Central City, so they would not be in highly concentrated neighborhoods due to the phenomena in the question. Urban Sprawl was unrestricted growth (not in racial clusters), so redlining is correct, and you can look at Milwaukee for an example.

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12. Which of the following is NOT a Global Giant/World City?

A. Tokyo

B. Berlin

C. London

D. Paris

Explanation: Berlin is a less important economic hub/node in terms of World Trade and Business, so it is only considered a Beta City in the Global City Model.

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13. In the DeBilj Model, which of the following correctly identifies the type(s) of CBDs?

A. Colonial, Traditional, Market

B. Market ONLY

C. Squatter, Market

D. Ethnic Neighborhoods, Market, Traditional

Explanation: The DeBilj Model identifies three types of CBDs: Colonial, Traditional, and Market. Colonial CBDs are typically found in former colonial cities and reflect the influence of the colonizing power. Traditional CBDs are those that predate colonialism and reflect the city's historical development. Market CBDs are those that have developed more recently and reflect the city's growing economic importance.

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14. Which of the following regions has had the most explosive growth in the past few decades?

A. Rust Belt

B. Sun Belt

C. BosNyWash

D. Corn Belt

Explanation: The Sun Belt has seen huge in-migration because of the growth of Tech jobs and more business-friendly policies in those states with cheap costs of living.

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15. Which type of disamenity sector is most likely found in the area of and surrounding Rio de Janeiro ONLY?

A. Tenements

B. Brownfields

C. Favelas

D. Shanty-towns

Explanation: Favelas are only found in Brazil and especially in its largest city with disamenity sectors, Rio. Shanty-towns is a universal word, especially in the USA, and tenements are largely not found in South America.

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