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2 Urbanization and the Growth of Cities Online Quiz Questions

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A city’s population increases at the same rate as the country’s total population. What can you conclude from this information alone?

A
The country has necessarily become more urban because the city gained people.
B
The city has grown, but this fact alone does not establish that the country has become more urban.
C
The city has experienced natural increase rather than migration.
D
The city has become suburban.

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What term describes a pressure that encourages a person to leave their place of origin?

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A family moves from a central city to a nearby suburb, while the adults in the household continue to work in the city. Which process does this illustrate?

A
Suburbanization
B
Urban sprawl
C
Natural increase
D
Reclassification

True or false

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Natural increase occurs when births exceed deaths among a city’s residents.

A
True
B
False

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Select all statements that accurately describe how urban areas may be defined and compared.

A
Urban definitions can vary between countries and organizations.
B
Every organization uses identical urban criteria, so comparisons never need a consistent definition.
C
Some classifications consider population density and settlement size, while others may also consider boundaries or commuting connections.
D
U.S. Census Bureau urban areas are based on densely developed territory.

True or false

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A metropolitan region’s functional boundaries necessarily match the legal boundaries of the central city.

A
True
B
False

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Which description best fits a metropolitan region?

A
A municipality that contains only the central city and stops at its legal boundary.
B
A city and surrounding communities linked by daily activities such as commuting, shopping, and access to services.
C
A country’s entire urban population, whether or not places are connected.
D
A suburban residential neighborhood with no workplaces or services.

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What term describes a city and surrounding communities linked by daily activities such as commuting, shopping, and access to services?

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Select all features that can contribute to a pattern being described as urban sprawl.

A
Relatively low-density development.
B
Development that is dispersed or fragmented.
C
Development distant from existing built-up areas.
D
A pattern defined only by having several centers of employment.

True or false

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Migration into a city is the only process that can contribute to urban growth.

A
True
B
False

Open ended

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Several neighboring towns are closely connected to a central city by commuting, shopping, and access to services. Over time, two of the towns also develop their own major employment centers. Explain why the functional region may extend beyond the city’s legal boundary and how the new employment centers change the region’s urban pattern.

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Which statement best describes land uses that may be found in suburbs?

A
Suburbs must contain only homes.
B
Suburbs cannot contain workplaces or industry.
C
Suburbs may include homes, workplaces, shopping areas, schools, and industry.
D
Suburbs are always outside any metropolitan region.

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A city’s population rises because births among its residents exceed deaths, while no one moves in or out and the city’s boundaries stay the same. Which process directly accounts for the increase?

A
Migration
B
Natural increase
C
Boundary change and reclassification
D
Suburbanization

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Which situation is a pull factor that may attract someone to a city?

A
Conflict that makes a person leave their home area
B
Limited livelihoods in a person’s place of origin
C
More job and health-care opportunities in the destination
D
Environmental change that pressures people to leave their home area

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A country’s urban share rises after several rural communities are reclassified as urban, even though no residents move. What process does this illustrate?

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A family moves from a central city to a nearby suburb, and more homes and businesses are built in the surrounding area. The central city’s population declines slightly, but the larger region gains residents. Which conclusion is best supported?

A
The urban region must be shrinking because the central city is losing residents.
B
The wider urban region may still be expanding, so the central city's population alone gives an incomplete picture.
C
Suburbanization can occur only if the central city’s population is increasing.
D
The region cannot be urban if some residents live outside the central city.

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A growing urban area adds development in low-density clusters separated from existing built-up areas. Which concept best describes this pattern?

A
Any growth in the population of a central city
B
A compact expansion that is continuous with existing development
C
Relatively low-density, dispersed development that may be fragmented or distant from existing built-up areas
D
The movement of people between two central cities

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An urban region has several substantial employment and activity centers rather than one dominant downtown. What term describes this pattern?

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A settlement lies well beyond a city’s suburbs. Its development is low-density, with open or rural land between built-up areas. This is best described as an area.

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A rural community near a growing city gains more commuting links, roads, housing, and services. This pattern suggests that the boundary between urban and rural areas is better understood as a than as a sharp line.