We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Find out more

Human Geography Chapter 13 Quiz

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the Submit my answers button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) neighbourhoods
b) roads
c) spaces which reflect group identity
d) All of the above.
e) A and c only.

Question 2:


a) its spatial relationship with other land uses
b) the amount of activity space it contains
c) the social characteristics of the area within which it is located
d) the number of roads located nearby
e) Both a and c.

Question 3:


a) a spatially discriminatory practice which identifies which high-risk areas of the city to give loads to
b) housing units transition from being occupied by members of one income group to members of another income group
c) the discrepancy between needs and environmental circumstances
d) Both a and c.
e) None of the above.

Question 4:


a) gentrified
b) a neighbourhood
c) a redline meighbourhood
d) a slum
e) None of the above.

Question 5:


a) the increase of identity politics in a neighbourhood
b) the process of people moving in and transforming low-quality housing
c) a lowering of infant mortality rates in a neighbourhood
d) the location of industrial land uses near residential areas
e) None of the above.

Question 6:


a) the cycle of poverty
b) personal characteristics
c) structural class conflict
d) uneven distribution of materials
e) All of the above.

Question 7:


a) trading area potential, compatibility, and site economics
b) business interception, access to trading area, and compatibility
c) business interception, trading area potential, and minimizing competitive hazards
d) cumulative attraction, growth potential, and access to trading areas
e) All of the above.

Question 8:


a) store formats
b) location of retail sectors
c) infrastructure
d) All of the above.
e) A and c only.

Question 9:


a) quality of life
b) health care
c) education
d) security
e) All of the above.

Question 10:


a) a part of a national economy involved in productive labour
b) a concentration of temporary dwellings neither owned nor rented
c) low-income housing in the centre of a city
d) Both a and c.
e) None of the above.