FREE AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

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HUG CH9 VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: leadership class

Answer:

Group of decision-makers and organizers in early cities who controlled the resources, and often the lives, of others.

Question 2: disamenity sector

Answer:

The very poorest parts of cities that in extreme cases are not connected to regular city services and are controlled by gangs and drug lords

Question 3: edge cities

Answer:

the shifting focus of urbanization in the United States of America, away from the Central Business District

Question 4: spaces of consumption

Answer:

areas of a city the main purpose of which is to encourage people to consume goods and services driven primarily by the global media industry

Question 5: synekism

Answer:

the union of several small urban settlements under the rule of a "capital" city

Question 6: rank-size rule

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the distribution of city sizes around the world, the sizes of businesses, the sizes of particles, the lengths of rivers, the frequencies of word usage

Question 7: city

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a relatively large and permanent human settlement.

Question 8: agricultural surplus

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agricultural production in excess which the producer needs for his own sustenance for his family and then sold for consumption by the market

Question 9: CBD

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the commercial and often geographic heart of a city.

Question 10: peru

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Republic in western South America

Question 11: mcmansions

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a large modern house that is considered ostentatious and lacking in architectural integrity.

Question 12: urban morphology

Answer:

The study of the physical form and structure of urban places

Question 13: huang he and wei river valleys

Answer:

Rivers in present-day China

Question 14: redlining

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in which members of minority groups are prevented from obtaining money to purchase homes or property in predominately white neighborhoods

Question 15: urban sprawl

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Unrestricted growth in many American urban areas of housing, commercial development, and roads over large expanses of land, with little concern for urban planning.

Question 16: sunbelt phenomenon

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the movement of millions of americans from north and northestern states to south and southwest regions

Question 17: world city

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Dominant city in terms of its role in the global political economy.

Question 18: first urban revolution

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The historical emergence of cities and urbanism.

Question 19: central place theory

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theory that seeks to explain the number, size and location of human settlements in an urban system.

Question 20: trade-area

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Area where a large trade organization is taken place

Question 21: griffin-ford model

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a model of the Latin American city showing a blend of traditional elements of Latin America culture

Question 22: mesopotmamia

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Region of great cities

Question 23: urban

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characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to the areas surrounding it.

Question 24: agora

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a public open space used for assemblies and markets

Question 25: new urbanism

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an urban design movement which promotes walkable neighborhoods containing a range of housing and job types.

Question 26: shanty towns

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Unplanned slum development on the marigins of cities

Question 27: zone

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an area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use, or subject to particular restrictions.

Question 28: nile river valley

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Chronologially the second urban hearth dating back to 3200 BCE.