Barron's AP Human Geography - Unit
6 Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Hinterland -
correct answer ✅The market area surrounding an urban center,
which that urban center serves.
Industrial Revolution -
correct answer ✅Period characterized by the rapid social and
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.
Inner-city decay -
correct answer ✅Those parts of large urban areas that lose
significant portions of their populations as a result 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.
Islamic cities -
correct answer ✅Cities in Muslim countries that owe their
structure to their religious beliefs. Islamic cities contain mosques at
their center and walls guarding their perimeter. Open-air markets,
courtyards surrounded by high walls, and dead-end streets, which
, Barron's AP Human Geography - Unit
6 Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
limit foot traffic in residential neighborhoods, also characterize
Islamic cities.
Latin American cities -
correct answer ✅cities in latin america that owe much of their
structure to colonialism, the rapid rise of industrialization, and
continual rapid increases in population. similar to other colonial
cities, they also demonstrate distinctive sectors of industrial or
residential development radiating out from the central business
district, where most industrial and financial activity occurs
Medieval cities -
correct answer ✅Cities that developed in Europe during the
Medieval Period and that contain such unique features as extreme
density of development with narrow buildings and winding streets,
an ornate church that prominently marks the city center, and high
walls surrounding the city center that provided defense against
attack.
Megacities -
correct answer ✅Developing, polluted, impoverished cities with
6 Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Hinterland -
correct answer ✅The market area surrounding an urban center,
which that urban center serves.
Industrial Revolution -
correct answer ✅Period characterized by the rapid social and
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.
Inner-city decay -
correct answer ✅Those parts of large urban areas that lose
significant portions of their populations as a result 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.
Islamic cities -
correct answer ✅Cities in Muslim countries that owe their
structure to their religious beliefs. Islamic cities contain mosques at
their center and walls guarding their perimeter. Open-air markets,
courtyards surrounded by high walls, and dead-end streets, which
, Barron's AP Human Geography - Unit
6 Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
limit foot traffic in residential neighborhoods, also characterize
Islamic cities.
Latin American cities -
correct answer ✅cities in latin america that owe much of their
structure to colonialism, the rapid rise of industrialization, and
continual rapid increases in population. similar to other colonial
cities, they also demonstrate distinctive sectors of industrial or
residential development radiating out from the central business
district, where most industrial and financial activity occurs
Medieval cities -
correct answer ✅Cities that developed in Europe during the
Medieval Period and that contain such unique features as extreme
density of development with narrow buildings and winding streets,
an ornate church that prominently marks the city center, and high
walls surrounding the city center that provided defense against
attack.
Megacities -
correct answer ✅Developing, polluted, impoverished cities with
