URBS 350 C12- Chapter 12 assignment (only Pacific Islands)
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URBS 350 C12- Chapter 12 assignment (only Pacific Islands): Jack Stauber
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Question 1
Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia are:
colonial territories of the southwest Pacific.
independent states of the southwest Pacific.
island-studded regions of the southwest Pacific.
cities of the southwest Pacific.
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Question 2
All of the following are capital cities. Which one would
not
be classified as the
capital of a country in the Global South?
Honiara
Wellington
Port Moresby
Suva
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Question 3
The largest cities in the small island countries of the southwest Pacific
generally began as:
religious pilgrimage sites.
indigenous agricultural settlements.
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whaling ports.
colonial trading ports.
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Question 4
Which one of the following has been an impediment to urban development in
most island nations of the southwest Pacific?
Land is held as a communal resource by traditional owners.
Few people have automobiles.
The principles of market capitalism are completely lacking.
Socialist regimes discourage the growth of cities.
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Question 5
Large, expensive houses in cities of the island Pacific are likely to be:
models of green development.
owned by expatriates and in gated communities.
Cooperatively owned because of traditional landholding patterns.
on the outskirts of Central Business Districts.
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Question 6
The cities of what country on the following list are likely to be the most
severely affected by global warming?
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Australia
New Zealand
Tuvalu
Papua New Guinea
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Question 7
Around what city on the following list has it been common for squatter
settlements to be bulldozed rather than adequately resourced?
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Auckland
Port Moresby
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Question 8
Suva and other capital cities of Pacific Island nations are generally
characterized by all of the following
except
:
minimal urban infrastructure.
fragile economic bases.
strong tourist sectors.
a large informal sector.
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Question 9
Papua New Guinea’s two largest cities are Port Moresby with 284,000
residents and Lae with 76,000 residents. On the basis of these statistics, Port
Moresby would be classified as a:
primate city
world city
central city
megacity
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