AP Human Geography Practice Test: Culture and Urban Form

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1. Classic _______________ cities have narrow, winding streets, open-air markets, many dead-ends, and courtyards surrounded by high walls.

A. medieval European

B. Hindu

C. Latin American

D. Islamic

E. colonial

2. Architects and planners from the _______________ strove to introduce beauty and impose order on chaotic industrial cities.

A. postmodern school

B. modernist tradition

C. City Beautiful movement

D. Beaux Arts school

E. classical movement

3. Modernist architecture

A. stressed efficiency and geometrical order.

B. uses eclectic and classic forms.

C. stressed the ornate.

D. is limited to newer American cities.

E. is characterized by skyscrapers.

4. Asian, African, and South American cities

A. contain dominant centers, usually surrounding something of religious significance.

B. contain strong manufacturing and industrial sectors within the city.

C. display mostly modern forms of architecture as they are recently developing themselves after colonialism.

D. contain many structural relics from colonialism.

E. usually have a church at the center of the city.

5. Medieval European cities usually contain all the following characteristics EXCEPT

A. winding streets and tall, narrow buildings.

B. large, ornate cathedrals.

C. walls surrounding the city for defense purposes.

D. wide streets to accommodate large military troops.

E. a high density of buildings.