In each blank, try to type in the
word that is missing. If you've
typed in the correct word, the
blank will turn green.
If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed. When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on. Term: business districtDefinition: the or nucleus of a city where retail stores, offices, and cultural activities are concentrated; building densities are usually quite high; and transportation systems coverage Term: central place Definition: a theory in the early 1900s that explains the size and distribution of cities in terms of competitive supply of goods and services to of cities in terms of a competitive supply of goods and services to dispersed populations Term: colonial Definition: cities established by colonizing empires as administrative . Often they were established on already existing native cities, completely overtaking their infrastructures Term: zone modeDefinition: model that describes urban environments as a series of rings of distinct land uses radiating out from a central core, or business distric Term: edge Definition: cities that are located on the outskirts of larger cities and serve many of the same of urban areas, but sprawling, decentralized suburban environment Term: European Definition: cities that were of that many of the same characteristics such as extreme density of development with narrow buildings and winding roads; church centered and high walls around the city Term: Definition: person who haas left the inner city and to outlying suburbs or rural areas Term: feudal Definition: cities that arose during the Middle Ages and that actually represent a time of stagnation in urban growth Term: getaway Definition: that, because of their geographic location, act as ports entry and distribution centers of large geographic areas Term: Definition: the trend of middle- and upper Americans moving into city centers and rehabilitating much of the architecture but also replacing low-income populations, and changing the social character of certain neighborhoods Term: Definition: the market area surrounding an urban center, which that urban serves Term: revolutionDefinition: period characterized by the social economic changes in manufacturing and agriculture that occurred in England during the late 18th century and rapidly diffused to other parts of the developed world Term: city decayDefinition: those parts of large urban areas that lose significant portions of their populations as a of change in industry or migration to suburbs. Because of these changes, the inner city loses its tax base and becomes a center of poverty Term: Islamic Definition: cites in Muslim countries that owe structure to their religious beliefs. Islamic cities contain mosques at their center and wall guarding their perimeter Term: Latin American Definition: cities in Latin America that owe much of their structure to colonialism, the rapid rise of industrialization, and rapid increases in population Term: citiesDefinition: cities developed in Europe during the Medieval Period and that contains such unique features as extreme density of development with narrow buildings and winding streets, an ornate church that is marks the city center Term: MegacitiesDefinition: cites, mostly characteristic of the developing world, where high population growth and migration have them to explode in population since World War II Term: MegalopolisDefinition: several, metropolitan areas that were originally separate but that have joined together to form a , sprawling urban complex Term: areaDefinition: within the US, an urban area consisting of one or more whole county units, usually containing several urbanized, , or suburbs, that all act together as a coherent economic whole Term: multi nuclei Definition: type of urban form wherein cities have numerous centers of business and cultural activity of one central place Term: nodeDefinition: geographical centers activity. A large city, such as Los , has numerous nodes Term: primate Definition: a country's leading city, with a population that is disproportionately greater than other urban within the same country Term: rank-sized Definition: rule that states that the of any given town should be inversely proportional to its rank in the country's hierarchy when the distribution of cities according to their sizes follows a certain pattern Term: modelDefinition:
a model or urban land use that places the central business district in the middle with wedge-shape sectors radiating outwards from the center along transportation Term: Definition: the process that results from suburbanization when affluent individuals the city center for homogenous suburban neighborhoods Term: squatter Definition: residential developments characterized by the extreme poverty that usually exist on land just outside of cities that is owned nor rented by its occupants Term: Definition: residential , located outside of city centers, that are usually relatively homogenous in terms of population Term: sprawlDefinition: the process of expansive development over large areas spreading out from a city, in which the automobile provides the primary source of transportation Term: world Definition: centers of economic, culture, and political activity that are strongly interconnected and together control the systems of finance and commerce Term: ZoneDefinition: Also known as the “Zone of Transition”
Often contains factories, warehouses, rail yards, and port facilities.
It is low density commercial space.
After de-industrialization, many of these areas are now rebuilt as festival spaces! Term: Zone of WorkersDefinition: Usually working-class or blue-collar neighborhoods.
Many ethnic neighborhoods are located in this area.
These are high-density spaces.
Today we call these areas the inner city.
They are sometimes subject to gentrification. Term: Zone of Residences
Definition: These are professional class suburbs (white-collar neighborhoods).
These are low-density residential spaces.
Really took off in the post WW II era. (Suburbanization)
Traditionally dominated by WASPS.
Term: Commuter Definition: Also known as country estates or Exurbs
These are generally very low residential areas.
This an area of wealthy people who own large tracts of land outside the city.
Today, these sections of the city play a major role in suburban . Term: Definition: Term: Definition: The minimum number of required to support a business. Term: RangeDefinition: The maximum distance that people are to travel to gain access to a service. Term: SiteDefinition: The physical characteristics of a or it's absolute location. Term: Definition: A place's relationship with locations or it's relative location. |
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