Unit 6 #12 Practice FRQ

Geographers use a number of theories and models to compare urban areas worldwide and to analyze their relationships.

Identify the city or cities listed in the table that would be categorized as megacities or metacities.

Define the term rank-size rule.

Explain a limitation of the rank-size rule.

Describe the primate-city rule.

Identify a primate city that is not located in Russia.

Use the information in the table to explain how the rank-size rule applies to Russia.

Use the information in the table to explain how the primate-city rule applies to Russia.