Human Ecology Practice Questions! Quiz

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1.

Human Ecology: Differential distribution of population and economic activities in a city, and the manner in which they have focused on the center of the city?
- A.
  
  Concentration
- B.
  
  Decentralization
- C.
  
  Segregation
- D.
  
  Invasion
2.

Human Ecology: the location of activity away from the central city?
- A.
  
  Concentration
- B.
  
  Decentralization
- C.
  
  Segregation
- D.
  
  Invasion
3.

Human Ecology: the sorting out of population groups according to conscious preferences for associating with one group or another through bias and prejudice?
- A.
  
  Concentration
- B.
  
  Decentralization
- C.
  
  Segregation
- D.
  
  Invasion
4.

Human Ecology:traditionally, a process through which a new activity or social group enters an area?
- A.
  
  Concentration
- B.
  
  Decentralization
- C.
  
  Segregation
- D.
  
  Invasion
5.

Human Ecology:a new use or social group gradually replaces the former occupants?
- A.
  
  Succession
- B.
  
  Assimilation
- C.
  
  Segregation
- D.
  
  Invasion
6.

Human Ecology: diverse social groups find a mode of peaceful co-existence?
- A.
  
  Succession
- B.
  
  Assimilation/ Accommodation
- C.
  
  Segregation
- D.
  
  Invasion
7.

Applied the principles of evolution and natural history to study social behavior except one:
- A.
  
  Roderick D. McKenzie
- B.
  
  Amos H. Hawley
- C.
  
  Robert Park
- D.
  
  Everett Hughes
- E.
  
  Ernest W. Burgess
8.

Concentric Zone Theory is an application of Von Thünen’s theory to urban areas. Who introduce this theory of urban structure?
- A.
  
  Ernest W. Burgerss
- B.
  
  Homer Hoyt
- C.
  
  Edward Ullman & Chauncy Harris
- D.
  
  Peter Mann
- E.
  
  None of the choices
9.

Concentric Zone Theory by Burgess: CBD- location of tertiary employment and urban transport infrastructure (most accessible zone)
- A.
  
  Zone 1
- B.
  
  Zone 2
- C.
  
  Zone 3
- D.
  
  Zone 4
- E.
  
  Zone 5
10.

Concentric Zone Theory by Burgess: Zone of Transition (Residential); low income and mix of low-end uses
- A.
  
  Zone 1
- B.
  
  Zone 2
- C.
  
  Zone 3
- D.
  
  Zone 4
- E.
  
  Zone 5
11.

Concentric Zone Theory by Burgess: Zone of Low Cost Homes – Working Class Residence Ring (slums; contains poorest segment of urban population)
- A.
  
  Zone 1
- B.
  
  Zone 2
- C.
  
  Zone 3
- D.
  
  Zone 4
- E.
  
  Zone 5
12.

Concentric Zone Theory by Burgess: Zone of Better Residences –High class apartment and single family ring (including shopping and commercial); white collar workers and middle class families.
- A.
  
  Zone 1
- B.
  
  Zone 2
- C.
  
  Zone 3
- D.
  
  Zone 4
- E.
  
  Zone 5
13.

Concentric Zone Theory by Burgess: Commuter Zone (sub-urban and semi-rural) – middle class and upper income groups.
- A.
  
  Zone 1
- B.
  
  Zone 2
- C.
  
  Zone 3
- D.
  
  Zone 4
- E.
  
  Zone 5
14.

Sector or Radial Model (Homer Hoyt, 1939): CBD?
- A.
  
  Zone 1
- B.
  
  Zone 2
- C.
  
  Zone 3
- D.
  
  Zone 4
- E.
  
  Zone 5
15.

Sector or Radial Model (Homer Hoyt, 1939): Wholesale and Light Manufacturing?
- A.
  
  Zone 1
- B.
  
  Zone 2
- C.
  
  Zone 3
- D.
  
  Zone 4
- E.
  
  Zone 5
16.

Sector or Radial Model (Homer Hoyt, 1939): Lower Class Residential?
- A.
  
  Zone 1
- B.
  
  Zone 2
- C.
  
  Zone 3
- D.
  
  Zone 4
- E.
  
  Zone 5
17.

Sector or Radial Model (Homer Hoyt, 1939): Middle Class Residential?
- A.
  
  Zone 1
- B.
  
  Zone 2
- C.
  
  Zone 3
- D.
  
  Zone 4
- E.
  
  Zone 5
18.

Sector or Radial Model (Homer Hoyt, 1939): Upper Class Residential?
- A.
  
  Zone 1
- B.
  
  Zone 2
- C.
  
  Zone 3
- D.
  
  Zone 4
- E.
  
  Zone 5
19.

All are true statements regarding Sector/ Radial Model by H.Hoyt except one:
- A.
  
  City develops in a series of sectors instead of rings
- B.
  
  As city grows, activities expands in a wedge, or sector, from the center (due to emergence of star-shaped transportation routes - bus lines/street car lines)
- C.
  
  Once district with high-class housing is established, the most expensive houses are built on the outer edge of that district further from the center
- D.
  
  Place of high value land uses not only in CBD but tend to follow the arterial (new high accessibility area, i.e. waterfront, mountainous, etc.)
- E.
  
  City grows from several independent points or growth centers where activities revolve rather than from one CBD
- F.
  
  Relates accessibility (transport), land use and land values
20.

All are true statements regarding Axial Model (Transport Model based on Homer Hoyt’s Sector Model) except one:
- A.
  
  Travel time rather than transport cost is the important determinant of land use
- B.
  
  Takes into account the effect of route ways for land use
- C.
  
  Major roads radiate from center of town
- D.
  
  Commercial development follows transport routes resulting in Star-shaped pattern of land use
- E.
  
  Commuter village separated from built up areas as main feature
21.

All are true statements regarding Multiple Nuclei Model (Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman, 1945) except one:
- A.
  
  City grows from several independent points or growth centers where activities revolve rather than from one CBD
- B.
  
  No clear CBD
- C.
  
  Separate nuclei often a result of requirements of specialized facilities and rent
- D.
  
  Certain activities repel each other (factories and high class residential)
- E.
  
  Local government played a crucial role in slum clearance and gentrification
22.

Rooted their model in four geographic principles: Multiple Nuclei Model (Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman, 1945) except one:
- A.
  
  Certain activities require highly specialized facilities
- B.
  
  Certain activities cluster because they profit from mutual association
- C.
  
  Certain activities repel each other and will not be found in the same area
- D.
  
  Certain activities could not make a profit if they paid the high rent of the most desirable locations
- E.
  
  Certain activities is inversely related to the distance between them
23.

Multiple Nuclei Model (Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman, 1945); All are true statement except one:
- A.
  
  1 Open Space; 2 Wholesale and Light Manufacturing
- B.
  
  3 Lower Class; 4 Middle Class
- C.
  
  5 Upper Class; 6 Heavy Manufacturing
- D.
  
  7 Sub-Business District; 8 Residential Suburb
- E.
  
  9 Industrial Suburb, 1 CBD
24.

Multiple Nuclei-Sector Theory (Peter Mann, 1965): All are true statements regarding the figure except one:
- A.
  
  1 City Centre; A- Middle Class Sector
- B.
  
  2 Transitional Zone; B- Lower-Middle-Class Sector
- C.
  
  5 Commuting Distance Villages; C-Working Class Sector
- D.
  
  D lndustry and lowest working class area
- E.
  
  D High Class Sector
25.

Multiple Nuclei-Sector Theory (Peter Mann, 1965), All are true statements except one:
- A.
  
  The structure of a city is a complex interplay between rings and sectors (combination of Burgess and Hoyt)
- B.
  
  Commuter village separated from built up areas as main feature
- C.
  
  The twilight zone (transition zone) was not concentric around the CBD
- D.
  
  Local government played a crucial role in slum clearance and gentrification
- E.
  
  A commercial spine and axis of business is surrounded by elite residential housing