AP Human Geography Unit 7 Test Review

A. Test Taking Strategies

*Can you answer AP-type questions? Do you understand AP testing strategies?
B. Content
Unit VII: Cities and Urban Landsapes (Review Rubenstein chapters 12 and 13, Ethel Wood Unit 7)
Can you define in your own words! expain in!uding !ause"s# and effe!t"s#! and give exampes o" t#e "o$$owing?
Census trat Bosnywas# urban geograp#y urbani%ation
&egaities &ega$opo$is pri&ate ities basi setor
nonbasi setor CBD soia$ area ana$ysis in"rastruture
%oning ordinanes gentri"iation anne'ation spraw$
sett$e&ent geograp#y setor &ode$ &u$tip$e-nu$ei &ode$ perip#era$ &ode$
onentri &ode$ &etropo$itan area s&art growt# urban #ierar#y
%one in transition g#ettos ity-state edge ity
C! "o you #now the di$$erence between the $ollowin%&
(#e $oations and beginnings o" anient i)i$i%ations? (#e di""erene between urbani%ation in *DCs and LDCs? +w#ere
is it inreasing at a #ig#er rate?
D. "o you have a %eneral #nowled%e o$ what was responsible $or urbani'ation in the 1())s& E*a+ples o$ world cities
(each tier)& Who was $ouis %irth& '(%( )urgess& Chaun!y Harris& %ater Christaer& *ohn )or!hert& Homer
Hoyt& Uman& +what did each desi%n&,. ,he si+ilarities between city patterns in -"Cs and European countries& ,he
develop+ent o$ cities in -atin .+erica (where do di$$erent social classes locate)& Why people are attracted to suburbs&
/n which re%ion o$ the world do services contribute to the s+allest portion o$ the econo+y& What is the %ravity +odel&
-. Can you identi$y why central place is i+portant to the distribution o$ %oods and services&
.. 0ow are site and situation i+portant in city develop+ent&
Can you answer t#ese questions?
/#ere do retai$ and o""ie ati)ities genera$$y $oate wit#in a ity? 0ow are $and osts and $and spae onneted in a
CBD? /#at is t#e u$tura$ distribution o" popu$ations wit#in U.1. ities +thin# ethnicities,?

AP Human Geography Unit 7 Test Review
A. Test Taking Strategies
*Can you answer AP-type questions? Do you understand AP testing strategies?
B. Content
Unit VII: Cities and Urban Landsapes (Review Rubenstein chapters 12 and 13, Ethel Wood Unit 7)
Can you define in your own words! expain in!uding !ause"s# and effe!t"s#! and give exampes o" t#e "o$$owing?
Census trat Bosnywas# urban geograp#y urbani%ation
&egaities &ega$opo$is pri&ate ities basi setor
nonbasi setor CBD soia$ area ana$ysis in"rastruture
%oning ordinanes gentri"iation anne'ation spraw$
sett$e&ent geograp#y setor &ode$ &u$tip$e-nu$ei &ode$ perip#era$ &ode$
onentri &ode$ &etropo$itan area s&art growt# urban #ierar#y
%one in transition g#ettos ity-state edge ity
C! "o you #now the di$$erence between the $ollowin%&
(#e $oations and beginnings o" anient i)i$i%ations? (#e di""erene between urbani%ation in *DCs and LDCs? +w#ere
is it inreasing at a #ig#er rate?
D. "o you have a %eneral #nowled%e o$ what was responsible $or urbani'ation in the 1())s& E*a+ples o$ world cities
(each tier)& Who was $ouis %irth& '(%( )urgess& Chaun!y Harris& %ater Christaer& *ohn )or!hert& Homer
Hoyt& Uman& +what did each desi%n&,. ,he si+ilarities between city patterns in -"Cs and European countries& ,he
develop+ent o$ cities in -atin .+erica (where do di$$erent social classes locate)& Why people are attracted to suburbs&
/n which re%ion o$ the world do services contribute to the s+allest portion o$ the econo+y& What is the %ravity +odel&
-. Can you identi$y why central place is i+portant to the distribution o$ %oods and services&
.. 0ow are site and situation i+portant in city develop+ent&
Can you answer t#ese questions?
/#ere do retai$ and o""ie ati)ities genera$$y $oate wit#in a ity? 0ow are $and osts and $and spae onneted in a
CBD? /#at is t#e u$tura$ distribution o" popu$ations wit#in U.1. ities +thin# ethnicities,?