AP Human Geography: Urbanization
Barron's Review Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
action space -
correct answer ✅the geographical area that contains the space an
individual interacts with on a daily basis
Beaux arts movement -
correct answer ✅this movement within city planning and urban
design that stressed the marriage of older, classical forms with
newer, industrial ones. Common characteristics of this period
include wide thoroughfares, spacious parks, and civic monuments
that stressed progress, freedom, and national unity
blockbusting -
correct answer ✅as early as 1900, real estate agents and
developers encouraged affluent white property owners to sell their
homes and businesses at a loss by stoking fears that their
neighborhoods were being overtaken by racial or ethnic minorities
central business district -
correct answer ✅the downtown or nucleus of a city where retail
stores, offices, and cultural activities are concentrated; building
densities are usually quite high; and transportation systems
converge
, AP Human Geography: Urbanization
Barron's Review Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
central place theory -
correct answer ✅a theory formulated by Walter Christaller in the
early 1900s that explains the size and distribution of cities in terms
of a competitive supply of goods and services to dispersed
populations
City Beautiful movement -
correct answer ✅movement in environmental design that drew
directly from the beaux arts school. Architects from this movement
strove to impart order on hectic, industrial centers by creating
urban spaces that conveyed a sense of morality and civic pride,
which many feared was absent from the frenzied new industrial
world
colonial cities -
correct answer ✅cities established by colonizing empires as
administrative centers. Often they were established on already
existing native cities, completely overtaking their infrastructures
concentric zone model -
correct answer ✅model that describes urban environments as a
Barron's Review Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
action space -
correct answer ✅the geographical area that contains the space an
individual interacts with on a daily basis
Beaux arts movement -
correct answer ✅this movement within city planning and urban
design that stressed the marriage of older, classical forms with
newer, industrial ones. Common characteristics of this period
include wide thoroughfares, spacious parks, and civic monuments
that stressed progress, freedom, and national unity
blockbusting -
correct answer ✅as early as 1900, real estate agents and
developers encouraged affluent white property owners to sell their
homes and businesses at a loss by stoking fears that their
neighborhoods were being overtaken by racial or ethnic minorities
central business district -
correct answer ✅the downtown or nucleus of a city where retail
stores, offices, and cultural activities are concentrated; building
densities are usually quite high; and transportation systems
converge
, AP Human Geography: Urbanization
Barron's Review Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
central place theory -
correct answer ✅a theory formulated by Walter Christaller in the
early 1900s that explains the size and distribution of cities in terms
of a competitive supply of goods and services to dispersed
populations
City Beautiful movement -
correct answer ✅movement in environmental design that drew
directly from the beaux arts school. Architects from this movement
strove to impart order on hectic, industrial centers by creating
urban spaces that conveyed a sense of morality and civic pride,
which many feared was absent from the frenzied new industrial
world
colonial cities -
correct answer ✅cities established by colonizing empires as
administrative centers. Often they were established on already
existing native cities, completely overtaking their infrastructures
concentric zone model -
correct answer ✅model that describes urban environments as a
