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Question #1

Match the city to the Urban Theory that influenced it:Indianapolis, Indiana

A Concentric Model

B Von Thunen’s Model

C Sector Model

Question #2

Match the city to the Urban Theory that influenced it:Chicago, Illinois

A Von Thunen’s Model

B Sector Model

C Concentric Model

Question #3

Match the city to the Urban Theory that influenced it: Dallas, Texas

A Von Thunen’s Model

B Sector Model

C Concentric Model

Question #4

What was the name of Los Angeles’s expansive public transportation system, between 1905 and 1960?

A Pacific Electric Red Car

B The Hollywood Subway

C The Basin Green Car Train

D The Los Angeles Rail Authority

Question #5

All were Objectives of the Railroad Companies, EXCEPT:

A Establish rail lines West

B Provide a public service for free

C Promote and control business along the way

D Foster the creation of towns and a network of dependency

Question #6

Thomas Jefferson’s PLSS model placed 6 X 6 mile townships on a baseline and a meridian.

A False

B True

Question #7

According to the Spread of the Industrial Revolution map, what decade did the Industrial Revolution reach the following regions of Europe? Donbas, Russia/East Ukraine

A 1860s

B 1870s

C 1840s

D 1850s

E 1880s

Question #8

According to the Spread of the Industrial Revolution map, what decade did the Industrial Revolution reach the following regions of Europe? Silesia, Poland

A 1880s

B 1840s

C 1860s

D 1850s

E 1870s

Question #9

According to the Spread of the Industrial Revolution map, what decade did the Industrial Revolution reach the following regions of Europe? Saxony, Germany

A 1840s

B 1860s

C 1870s

D 1880s

E 1850s

Question #10

According to the Spread of the Industrial Revolution map, what decade did the Industrial Revolution reach the following regions of Europe? Ruhr Valley, Germany

A 1840s

B 1880s

C 1870s

D 1850s

E 1860s

Question #11

According to the Spread of the Industrial Revolution map, what decade did the Industrial Revolution reach the following regions of Europe? Midlands of the United Kingdom

A 1850s

B 1840s

C 1880s

D 1870s

E 1860s

Question #12

The colonial proxy as described in the lecture basically means that the European colonial empires already had ships, colonies, and ports before the Industrial Revolution making it easier to transition to larger scale operations, when they Industrial Revolution required more raw materials, like coal, iron, and oil.

A False

B True

Question #13

All are slums mentioned in the lecture, except:

A Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya

B Lagos in general

C Copa Bello Slum of Rio, Brazil

D West Point slum of Monrovia, Liberia

Question #14

Match the list of Characteristics of Poverty to the description. Limited access to healthcare, education, nutrition

A Typically only NGOs service these needs, but inconsistent

B The do not own where they live, they squat (homeless but occupy as residence)

C Number one cause of child mortality on the planet. Often causes gastroenteritis

D Slum residents often have to pay a cartel/gang for illegall pirated utilities

E Fire and police will typically not enter large slums (they don’t pay taxes)

Question #15

Match the list of Characteristics of Poverty to the description. No land tenure

A Number one cause of child mortality on the planet. Often causes gastroenteritis

B Typically only NGOs service these needs, but inconsistent

C Fire and police will typically not enter large slums (they don’t pay taxes)

D Slum residents often have to pay a cartel/gang for illegall pirated utilities

E The do not own where they live, they squat (homeless but occupy as residence)

Question #16

Match the list of Characteristics of Poverty to the description. Limited or no access to emergency services

A Number one cause of child mortality on the planet. Often causes gastroenteritis

B Slum residents often have to pay a cartel/gang for illegall pirated utilities

C Typically only NGOs service these needs, but inconsistent

D Fire and police will typically not enter large slums (they don’t pay taxes)

E The do not own where they live, they squat (homeless but occupy as residence)

Question #17

Match the list of Characteristics of Poverty to the description. Limited or no access to utility infrastructure

A The do not own where they live, they squat (homeless but occupy as residence)

B Fire and police will typically not enter large slums (they don’t pay taxes)

C Slum residents often have to pay a cartel/gang for illegall pirated utilities

D Typically only NGOs service these needs, but inconsistent

E Number one cause of child mortality on the planet. Often causes gastroenteritis

Question #18

Match the list of Characteristics of Poverty to the description. Limited or no access to safe drinking water

A Typically only NGOs service these needs, but inconsistent

B Fire and police will typically not enter large slums (they don’t pay taxes)

C The do not own where they live, they squat (homeless but occupy as residence)

D Slum residents often have to pay a cartel/gang for illegall pirated utilities

E Number one cause of child mortality on the planet. Often causes gastroenteritis

Question #19

Match the population measurement (metric) to its proper definition. Natural growth rate

A Total population divided into arable land

B births – death

C Total population divided into land area

Question #20

Match the population measurement (metric) to its proper definition. Arithmetic population density

A Total population divided into arable land

B Total population divided into land area

C births – death

Question #21

Match the population measurement (metric) to its proper definition. Physiological population density

A Total population divided into arable land

B Total population divided into land area

C births – death

Question #22

China and India combined represent 1/3 of the entire global human population.

A True

B False

Question #23

Which is the best definition for Total Fertility Rate (TFR)?

A The average age of mothers who give birth before 40 in a particular society

B The average number of children born to women of child-bearing age, within a particular population

C The number of kids per 1000 adults in a country

D The average birth rate in a given society

Question #24

Generally speaking, TFR in wealthy, industrialized countries is >3%.

A False

B True

Question #25

Which below best defines the “population paradox?”

A As population rises, food production rises.

B It is both true and untrue that access to calories equals population increase.

C Population increase results in smaller cities

D Population is both geometrical and linear.

Question #26

What is this population formula?

x = (b – d) + ( i – e)

A Population Growth Rate

B Rate of natural increase

C Life Expectancy

D Societal Increase Rate (SIR)

Question #27

What did I say specifically defines (distinguishes) a “city?”

A How a bunch of cities often exist side-by-side

B If it has a downtown (CBD) then it is a city.

C Any concentration of people and buildings

D political borders with its own government and municipal codes.

Question #28

After the First Agricultural Revolution, access to calories resulted in population increase and, therefore, the rise of early cities. The transformation into the Neolithic Revolution was characterized by all, EXCEPT:

A Structural religions

B Advancements in language

C Ruralization of humanity

D Vocational specialization

Question #29

Geography has three (3) subfields. What are they?

A Human, Physical, and Geospatial Technologies

B Geological, Cultural, and Mapping

C Urban, Political, and Economic

D Historical, physiographical, and cartographical

Question #30

What did Dr. John Snow help solve through “spatial analysis?”

A He influenced city planners in the 1920s to avoid new construction on the Thames River, because of flood cycles.

B He effectively spread the message that “Winter is Coming”

C He identified that contaminated water sources led to a Cholera outbreak in 19th century London

D He used colonial maps to identify the best locations for agriculture in India

Question #31

The Four (4) Spatial Questions of Geography include all, EXCEPT:

A How does the physical environment shape human activities?

B What data can be collected and used to visualize patterns?

C How do humans manipulate their physical environment?

D How do seasons impact humanity?

Question #32

Hans Rosling is a population pessimist, while Prof. McCabe is a population “possiblist.”

A False

B True

Question #33

Whereas the population of world maintained itself at ________ billion people for thousands of years (between Rome and Napoleon), our species finally hit 1 billion in the year ___________.

A 3, 2000

B 2/3, 1820

C two, 1798

D .5, 1913

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