As of 2005, which region had the largest percentage of its population residing in cities?

a. North America

b. Europe

c. Latin America

d. East Asia

11. Each of the following is a characteristic of women’s urban social space except:

a. women are more numerous in large central cities than are men

b. women constitute the bulk of the urban poor because "women’s jobs" are dominated by lower wage rates, part time employment, and lack of job security

c. women rely more heavily on public transportation than do men

d. women tend to find employment in occupations that are more geographically concentrated than men’s occupations

12. Which of the following statements concerning the multiplier effect is correct?

a. it is based on the city’s fertility rates

b. it is only useful in larger metropolitan cities

c. it only increases, it does not decrease

d. the size of the effect is determined by the city’s basic/non basic ratio

13. All of the following are common features of cities in the developing world except

a. few of the large cities have modern centers of commerce

b. all have experienced massive in-migrations from rural areas

c. most are ringed by vast squatter settlements

d. all have populations greater than their formal functions and employment bases can support

14. Central places are so named because they

a. are located in the center of a rural area

b. developed on an isotropic plain

c. serve as nodal points for the distribution of goods and services to surrounding nonurban areas

d. were first described by Walter Christaller