Lagos has more than 15 million residents. Zurich has fewer than 2 million but hosts major banks and specialized legal and accounting firms. What is best supported about their global standing?

Dhaka has far more residents than Singapore. Which evidence would best show that Singapore ranks higher in the world city network?

Geneva has a metro area of about 1 million people but hosts UN agencies, the Red Cross, and many international nonprofits. What kind of global role do these give it?

Karachi grew from about 1 million people in 1950 to more than 15 million today, much of it through migration. Where is most of the world's megacity growth happening today?

Jakarta is a megacity whose growth has outpaced its housing, water, and sewer systems. Which problem is most typical of fast-growing megacities in lower-income countries?

Frankfurt is much smaller than Cairo but hosts the European Central Bank. Why does the bank raise Frankfurt's world-city standing?

Saskia Sassen's book on global cities named three cities as the top command centers of the world economy. Which three did she study?

Sao Paulo hosts B3, one of Latin America's largest stock exchanges, and many regional corporate headquarters. What does this show about where world cities can develop?

Tokyo has more than 20 million residents and hosts major headquarters, finance, and producer services. Kinshasa is a megacity with few global command functions. What does this show?

A city of 4 million hosts regional headquarters of transnational corporations, a major stock exchange, and law, advertising, and finance firms. What category fits best?

A metropolitan area has 14 million residents and rapid in-migration, but few global headquarters or advanced producer-service firms. What label is most accurate?

An urban area has 24 million residents, and its importance is described mainly by extraordinary population size rather than global financial control. What is the most specific label?

One city contains about one-third of its country's people and dwarfs the next-largest city, while its international financial links are modest. What category is being described?

A business district on a suburban beltway contains offices, malls, and hotels but is not the old downtown and lacks global command institutions. What is it?

A city has an airport, universities, and government offices, but no major stock exchange, no international finance cluster, and 900,000 residents. How should it be ranked?

London is many times larger than any other city in the United Kingdom and is also a top global financial center. Which labels fit London?

Use the network diagram. Links connect offices sharing advanced services. What does the diagram show about concentration?

In the diagram, lines show financial and producer-service links among Asian cities. What pattern is shown?

Use the service-link diagram. What regional pattern is supported by the lines?

Arrows show offices sending international legal and finance work to another city. What routing pattern is shown?

The network links service offices across regions. What role does the diagram assign to Dubai?

Lines show cross-office service ties. Which city is the largest connector in this diagram?

Arrows show regional offices sending specialized work to a national hub. What hierarchy is shown?

Lines show service links among Asia-Pacific cities and global hubs. What concentration does the diagram show?

The diagram plots command-and-control service links among cities. What conclusion follows from the pattern?

Use the producer-service network. What rank pattern is shown?

A software firm in a mid-sized city sends cross-border contracts and currency hedging to its London office before negotiating overseas. What feature of the urban system is illustrated?

A regional branch in Nairobi uses a Dubai office for international financing and logistics before work moves to Europe and Asia. What role is Dubai playing?

An advertising company in Lima buys market research through New York offices. Why do research, legal, and advertising firms cluster in cities like New York?

When a city attracts transnational corporate regional headquarters and international banks, nearby firms begin routing contracts through it. How has its role changed?