Which of the following best defines urban geography?
A The study of weather patterns in cities
B The study of cities, their spatial structures, and human interactions
C The study of plant distribution in urban parks
D The study of rural agricultural systems
What is the central business district (CBD)?
A The industrial zone of a city
B The area where most retail, office, and commercial activities are concentrated
C The outermost residential suburb
D The rural-urban fringe
Which urban model shows a series of concentric rings around the city center?
A Hoyt’s Sector Model
B Harris and Ullman’s Multiple Nuclei Model
C Burgess’s Concentric Zone Model
D Christaller’s Central Place Model
What does urbanization refer to?
A The movement of people from cities to rural areas
B The process by which an increasing percentage of a country’s population lives in cities
C The decline of industrial areas in cities
D The growth of agriculture in peri-urban zones
What is suburbanization?
A Migration from one city to another
B The movement of people from rural areas to cities
C The outward spread of urban development into surrounding rural areas
D The redevelopment of old city centers
The urban heat island effect means:
A Rural areas are hotter than urban ones
B Cities experience higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas
C Cities have cooler climates due to tall buildings
D Heat is trapped only in suburban regions
What is a megacity?
A Any city with more than 1 million inhabitants
B A city that is a national capital
C A city with over 10 million people
D A newly developing city
Primate cities are characterized by:
A Equal population distribution across cities
B Being twice as large as the next biggest city in the country
C Slow population growth
D Decentralized industries
Which of the following best describes gentrification?
A The development of green spaces in rural areas
B The movement of wealthier people into formerly low-income neighborhoods
C The decline of manufacturing in industrial cities
D The migration of workers to rural towns
What is urban sprawl?
A The redevelopment of the inner city
B The uncontrolled outward expansion of urban areas
C The decline of suburban neighborhoods
D The centralization of urban populations
Which of the following is an example of a planned city?
A London
B New York
C Brasília
D Cairo
Edge cities are characterized by:
A High-density inner-city housing
B Concentrations of business, shopping, and entertainment outside traditional downtowns
C Abandoned urban zones
D Industrial decline areas
What does the rank-size rule state?
A Each city’s population is inversely proportional to its rank in the urban hierarchy
B The largest city has double the population of the next
C All cities in a country have equal size
D Cities grow in a circular pattern
What is counterurbanization?
A The growth of small towns and rural areas due to migration from cities
B The redevelopment of central business districts
C The increase of manufacturing in cities
D The expansion of transport networks
Which of the following is a challenge commonly faced by rapidly urbanizing cities in developing countries?
A Overabundance of infrastructure
B Population decline
C Unemployment, slums, and inadequate services
D Excess of housing supply