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Cities & the Built Landscape (College Board AP® Human Geography): Exam Questions

12 mins12 questions
11 mark

Walkability in cities refers to 

  • The practice of keeping healthy in cities

  • The concept of being able to reach a store in walking distance

  • The concept that a city can be navigated entirely by foot or bicycle

  • The concept of implementing sustainable methods of transport

  • The practice of making pedestrian areas safer and prioritised above motor vehicles

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21 mark

Where would low-density housing typically be found? 

  • Centre of cities

  • Exurbs

  • Outer rings

  • Wealthy neighborhoods

  • Areas characterised by townhomes

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31 mark

What building strategy would be useful to reduce urban sprawl? 

  • Infilling 

  • De facto segregation

  • Sustainability

  • Creating walkable cities

  • Creating squatter settlements

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41 mark

Which of the following would you find in a high-density housed area?

  • High-rise apartment buildings 

  • Dispersed farms

  • Rows of detached houses

  • Scattered rural homesteads

  • Townhomes

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51 mark

Gated communities reflect what in a city's culture?

  • Gentrification

  • Infilling

  • Segregation

  • Inclusionary zoning

  • Livability

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61 mark

Which of the following is not an example of a forward capital? 

  • New Cairo 

  • Brasilia

  • Islamabad

  • Sydney

  • Washington DC

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71 mark

Why are green spaces vital to a city’s infrastructure? 

  • They increase the space available for the installation of new residential buildings. 

  • They improve quality of life, boost mental and physical health and provide space for recreation.

  • They help to revitalize areas which are looking downtrodden.

  • They are vital for the management of sewage and floodwater.

  • They provide space for waste, like recycling and other disposal systems.

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81 mark

Undeveloped land surrounding urban areas is known as

  • Zoned areas

  • Mixed-use neighborhoods

  • Suburban fringe

  • Greenbelt

  • Brownfield site

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91 mark

Which of the following is not a characteristic of new urbanism?

  • Walkable 

  • Compact

  • Mixed-use

  • Sustainable transport

  • Urban sprawl

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101 mark

What would you likely find with industrial zoning?

  • Homes

  • Warehouses and factories

  • Shops, restaurants and offices

  • A mixture of warehouses, shops, homes, cinemas etc

  • Affordable housing for low-income people

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111 mark

The idea of improving pedestrian experiences through designing urban spaces is a sustainable design initiative known as

  • New Urbanism

  • Mixed land use

  • Transportation oriented development

  • Walkability

  • Slow-growth cities

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121 mark

Which of the following is a form of quantitative data?

  • Analyzing a photograph to understand the design of an urban space.

  • Conducting a questionnaire using open questions.

  • Undertaking a national census to understand population characteristics such as age, race, and education.

  • Observing public greenspaces to gather data on how they are used.

  • Undertaking interviews with locals about transport systems in their area.

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