Question 1

What is an example of a higher order good?

Accepted Answer

A)  milk 
B)  cars 
C)  hairdresser 
D)  newspaper 
A)  milk 
B)  cars 
C)  hairdresser 
D)  newspaper B

Question 2

A primate city's population is more than ______times the combined population of the next two largest cities.

Accepted Answer

A)  six 
B)  four 
C)  three 
D)  two 
A)  six 
B)  four 
C)  three 
D)  two C

Question 3

What is NOT an observed form of an urban national network?

Accepted Answer

A)  rank-size distribution 
B)  primate distribution 
C)  non-primate distributions 
D)  relative distribution 
A)  rank-size distribution 
B)  primate distribution 
C)  non-primate distributions 
D)  relative distribution D

Question 4

What type of network do periodic market systems belong to?

Accepted Answer

A)  regional network 
B)  national network 
C)  global network 
D)  local network 
A)  regional network 
B)  national network 
C)  global network 
D)  local network

Question 5

What is the range of a good or service?

Accepted Answer

A)  the distance consumers are willing to travel 
B)  the distance required for transport to the consumer 
C)  the size of the area required for production 
D)  the minimum population to support production and supply 
A)  the distance consumers are willing to travel 
B)  the distance required for transport to the consumer 
C)  the size of the area required for production 
D)  the minimum population to support production and supply

Question 6

What is NOT one of the non-world cities identified in the text?

Accepted Answer

A)  the poor city 
B)  the collapsed city 
C)  the excluded city 
D)  the fallout city 
A)  the poor city 
B)  the collapsed city 
C)  the excluded city 
D)  the fallout city

Question 7

What is the threshold of a good or service?

Accepted Answer

A)  the maximum limit on population that can be continually supplied 
B)  the maximum supply manufacturers are willing to ship to any location 
C)  the necessary minimum population needed to support continued supply 
D)  the minimum supply manufacturers are willing to ship to any location 
A)  the maximum limit on population that can be continually supplied 
B)  the maximum supply manufacturers are willing to ship to any location 
C)  the necessary minimum population needed to support continued supply 
D)  the minimum supply manufacturers are willing to ship to any location

Question 8

What is the best description of a rank-size distribution?

Accepted Answer

A)  a simple, regular relationship between city rank and population size 
B)  the relationship between city rank and its economic importance 
C)  a disproportionately large city dwarfs a national urban system 
D)  the relationship between city rank and colonial importance 
A)  a simple, regular relationship between city rank and population size 
B)  the relationship between city rank and its economic importance 
C)  a disproportionately large city dwarfs a national urban system 
D)  the relationship between city rank and colonial importance

Question 9

What two cities have long been the top of the global urban hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shanghai and Beijing 
B)  New York and Beijing 
C)  London and New York 
D)  Beijing and London 
A)  Shanghai and Beijing 
B)  New York and Beijing 
C)  London and New York 
D)  Beijing and London

Question 10

What city represents a black hole because its national ideology has actively discouraged global economic connections?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pyongyang 
B)  Brussels 
C)  Cairo 
D)  Rio de Janeiro 
A)  Pyongyang 
B)  Brussels 
C)  Cairo 
D)  Rio de Janeiro

Question 11

What type of place is shaped by and shapes as the "space of transformative flows"?

Accepted Answer

A)  nations 
B)  cities 
C)  states 
D)  towns 
A)  nations 
B)  cities 
C)  states 
D)  towns

Question 12

What country has a non-primate distribution when its national urban network is studied, but when this federal system is analyzed, each State has a hyperprimate city?

Accepted Answer

A)  Austria 
B)  Australia 
C)  Russia 
D)  United States 
A)  Austria 
B)  Australia 
C)  Russia 
D)  United States

Question 13

What is reinforced when cities experience sustained social disruption?

Accepted Answer

A)  global disconnect 
B)  interest of global capitalism 
C)  number of affluent consumers 
D)  chances of becoming a world city 
A)  global disconnect 
B)  interest of global capitalism 
C)  number of affluent consumers 
D)  chances of becoming a world city

Question 14

What is LEAST likely to reinforce the primacy of a primate city in its national urban network?

Accepted Answer

A)  economic shift in sectors 
B)  rural-to-urban migration 
C)  foreign investments 
D)  cultural production 
A)  economic shift in sectors 
B)  rural-to-urban migration 
C)  foreign investments 
D)  cultural production

Question 15

What tends to shrink in economic importance when the range and threshold of goods and services both increase?

Accepted Answer

A)  small towns 
B)  medium-sized towns 
C)  big cities 
D)  megalopolises 
A)  small towns 
B)  medium-sized towns 
C)  big cities 
D)  megalopolises

Question 16

What is NOT an example of periodic markets?

Accepted Answer

A)  farmers' markets 
B)  bazaars 
C)  flea markets 
D)  supermarkets 
A)  farmers' markets 
B)  bazaars 
C)  flea markets 
D)  supermarkets

Question 17

What replaces a periodic market as demand grows in a location?

Accepted Answer

A)  fixed market 
B)  farmers' market 
C)  commodity market 
D)  department store 
A)  fixed market 
B)  farmers' market 
C)  commodity market 
D)  department store

Question 18

What is an example of a lower order service?

Accepted Answer

A)  hospital 
B)  furniture store 
C)  school 
D)  grocery store 
A)  hospital 
B)  furniture store 
C)  school 
D)  grocery store

Question 19

What is the most realistic description of the global urban hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

A)  There are actually varied hierarchies that depend on the flows being studied. 
B)  Only one fixed global urban hierarchy exists based on distribution of economic activity. 
C)  The global urban hierarchy is essentially fixed by the elites in alpha cities. 
D)  There is no way to represent or study the global urban hierarchy. 
A)  There are actually varied hierarchies that depend on the flows being studied. 
B)  Only one fixed global urban hierarchy exists based on distribution of economic activity. 
C)  The global urban hierarchy is essentially fixed by the elites in alpha cities. 
D)  There is no way to represent or study the global urban hierarchy.

Question 20

What world region is rapidly growing and climbing up the global urban hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Africa 
B)  Asia 
C)  Russia 
D)  South America 
A)  Africa 
B)  Asia 
C)  Russia 
D)  South America

What is an example of a higher order good?

A primate city's population is more than ______times the combined population of the next two largest cities.

What is NOT an observed form of an urban national network?

What type of network do periodic market systems belong to?

What is the range of a good or service?

What is NOT one of the non-world cities identified in the text?

What is the threshold of a good or service?

What is the best description of a rank-size distribution?

What two cities have long been the top of the global urban hierarchy?

What city represents a black hole because its national ideology has actively discouraged global economic connections?

What type of place is shaped by and shapes as the "space of transformative flows"?

What country has a non-primate distribution when its national urban network is studied, but when this federal system is analyzed, each State has a hyperprimate city?

What is reinforced when cities experience sustained social disruption?

What is LEAST likely to reinforce the primacy of a primate city in its national urban network?

What tends to shrink in economic importance when the range and threshold of goods and services both increase?

What is NOT an example of periodic markets?

What replaces a periodic market as demand grows in a location?

What is an example of a lower order service?

What is the most realistic description of the global urban hierarchy?

What world region is rapidly growing and climbing up the global urban hierarchy?

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Exam 17: Networks of Cities

What is an example of a higher order good?

A primate city's population is more than ______times the combined population of the next two largest cities.

What is NOT an observed form of an urban national network?

What type of network do periodic market systems belong to?

What is the range of a good or service?

What is NOT one of the non-world cities identified in the text?

What is the threshold of a good or service?

What is the best description of a rank-size distribution?

What two cities have long been the top of the global urban hierarchy?

What city represents a black hole because its national ideology has actively discouraged global economic connections?

What type of place is shaped by and shapes as the "space of transformative flows"?

What country has a non-primate distribution when its national urban network is studied, but when this federal system is analyzed, each State has a hyperprimate city?

What is reinforced when cities experience sustained social disruption?

What is LEAST likely to reinforce the primacy of a primate city in its national urban network?

What tends to shrink in economic importance when the range and threshold of goods and services both increase?

What is NOT an example of periodic markets?

What replaces a periodic market as demand grows in a location?

What is an example of a lower order service?

What is the most realistic description of the global urban hierarchy?

What world region is rapidly growing and climbing up the global urban hierarchy?

The Home Planet

The Nature of Geography

Population Dynamics

Population and Food

Population and Resources

People and the Environment

The Geography of Three Economic Sectors

The Economic Geography of Uneven Development

The Geography of Population

The Geography of Religion

The Geography of Language

Creating a Global Economy

The Global Geography of Culture

World Orders

The Nation-State

The Urban Transformation

The Internal Structure of the City

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