Cities & Urban Land Use - AP Human Geography (2024)

trust busting

whitefighting

blackballing

fear selling

blockbusting

Correct answer:

blockbusting

Explanation:

The term “blockbusting” is used to refer to a common practice in the real estate business in the twentieth century (in some places it persists to this day). It involves a realtor trying to intimidate a white property owner into selling inner city property and moving to the suburbs. The realtor convinces the white property owner that the neighborhood is “in decline” due to the large numbers of minorities moving into the area. This process accelerated the rate of suburbanization in the twentieth century. Due to its obviously racist implications and manipulative nature “blockbusting” has long been controversial.

None of these answers

New migrantswant to live near the center of the city.

Affordable housing is unavailable for new migrants.

The government sets aside areas for new migrants to live.

New migrants prefer to live in squatter settlements with other new migrants.

Correct answer:

Affordable housing is unavailable for new migrants.

Explanation:

By definition, a squatter settlement is a collection of buildings aimed to provide housing and shelter for poor people in a city. The people who live in squatter settlements do not have legal rights to the land upon which they are built; therefore, they are living there illegally. Squatter settlements are a housing alternative when affordable housing is otherwisehard to come by in a city.

highly developed regions

None of these answers are correct.

rural communities

highly undeveloped regions

moderately developed regions

Correct answer:

highly developed regions

Explanation:

“Counter urbanization” refers to the process by which a significant portion of the population of an urban center starts to migrate away from the city to live in suburbs or rural areas. This of course cannot happen without large-scale urbanization and the acquisition of wealth so it is most likely to occur in highly developed regions.

yuppies

hippies

hipsters

millennials

chavs

Correct answer:

yuppies

Explanation:

The term “yuppie” is a reasonably modern term that is derived from “young professional.” It is a term usually applied to young, reasonably affluent people who move from the suburbs into inner city areas in search of close proximity to work and entertainment.

lives in the suburbs, but works in the city

lives in the city, but works in the suburbs

has left the inner city to live in the suburbs

migrates to different cities to find seasonal work

has left the suburbs to live in the inner city

Correct answer:

has left the inner city to live in the suburbs

Explanation:

An “exurbanite” is someone who has left the inner city to live in the suburbs. It may also describe people who used to live in the city in general who have moved to rural areas. Someone who works in the city and lives in the suburbs is called a "suburbanite."

Gentrification

Filtering

Colonialism

Annexation

Redlining

Correct answer:

Gentrification

Explanation:

Gentrificationdescribes urban renewal that leads to the displacement of the occupying demographic. It is commonlyassociated with rising property values in previously low-income urban areas, which may forcecurrentresidents to move away.

Conglomeration

Agglomeration

Ghettoization

Gentrification

Acculturation

Correct answer:

Gentrification

Explanation:

The term “gentrification” is applied fairly liberally in contemporary American geographical language. It primarily refers to the process by which an urban or suburban neighborhood transitions from housing people of mostly low-income status to housing middle class families. In some expressions it can have racist connotations.

Loss of economic activity

Lower-income families are forced to relocate

Inner cities become more crowded and more dangerous

All of these are notable downsides of gentrification.

Minority families are denied access to education

Correct answer:

Lower-income families are forced to relocate

Explanation:

The term “gentrification” is used to describe the process by which affluent, middle-class families return to inner city neighborhoods from the suburbs. Although generally considered a positive trend because it contributes to urban revitalization, it has some negative consequences. One of these is that lower-income families can no longer afford the rent or cost of living in the neighborhood and are forced to relocate.

Gentrification leads to less available social services.

Gentrification lowers the amount of rental units available.

Gentrification can increase the hom*ogeneity of the residential population.

Gentrification displaces low-income residents.

Gentrification can lead to historic preservation.

Correct answer:

Gentrification can lead to historic preservation.

Explanation:

All of the statements above would be supported by critics of gentrification, except the statement about historic preservation. When gentrification happens, an area that was previously deteriorated gets renovated, and any historical locations within that area get preserved.

increase in renters

decrease in low-income population

increase in chain businesses, such as Starbucks

decrease in local businesses

change in racial composition

Correct answer:

increase in renters

Explanation:

When gentrification is occurring, the pattern generally observed is an increase in ownership of homes and a decrease in renters. Since the low-income population moves out and a higher-income population moves in, these people who make more money can afford to actually buy their homes instead of renting.