Exam 7: An Urban World

Approximately how many cities, world-wide, have populations in excess of 1 million people?

Mercantilism and the development of cities as entrepots were encouraged in Europe during which time period?

Define a metropolitan area and provide an example to illustrate this concept.

In the 2016 census, Canada had 35 Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs).

Much of the world's advances in technology originated in Greek cities.

Approximately how much of the world's urban population lives in megacities?

As population movement and trade declined in Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century CE, the process of urbanization faltered and did not resume for some 600 years.

According to central place theory, what is the range of a good or service?

According to the rank-size rule, the population of a centre is which of the following?

The 2018 Global Cities Index is comprised of indicators across how many dimensions?

By 1850, the majority of large cities were located in which parts of the world?

What was the largest Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) in Canada in 2016?

In 1800, 23 per cent of the world's population lived in urban areas.

Once countries are already highly urbanized, how does urban growth occur?

Identify three cities that you feel qualify to be world cities and explain why, using concepts from the text to support your views.

Which of the following does NOT refer to an entrepot?

Contrast the urbanization processes in the more developed and less developed worlds.

As of 2018, there were 28 megacities. How many of these were located in the more developed world?

Among the top 40 global cities, the majority are located in Europe.

The earliest cities date from about 3,500 years ago and developed out of which of the following?