Question 1

What was the concept Robert E. Park and his colleagues gave to crime, juvenile delinquency, family breakdown, and mental illness occurring in the urban setting?

Accepted Answer

A)  social pathologies 
B)  urban consequences 
C)  city disease 
D)  capitalist malaise 
A)  social pathologies 
B)  urban consequences 
C)  city disease 
D)  capitalist malaise

Question 2

The city of Mumbai, India, has 16,000 to 20,000 condemned buildings, and every year during monsoon season several of these buildings collapse, killing hundreds of homeless squatters. Which term best describes this city's condition?

Accepted Answer

A)  overurbanization 
B)  peri-urbanization 
C)  overpopulation 
D)  excess urbanization 
A)  overurbanization 
B)  peri-urbanization 
C)  overpopulation 
D)  excess urbanization

Question 3

According to the text, which of the following is included in the concentric-zone model of the city?

Accepted Answer

A)  absence of an urban core 
B)  modern welfare housing 
C)  a central business district 
D)  fixed, distinct zone boundaries 
A)  absence of an urban core 
B)  modern welfare housing 
C)  a central business district 
D)  fixed, distinct zone boundaries

Question 4

Describe the five factors that have led to the growth of edge cities.

Accepted Answer

Responses will vary, but must include:
a

Question 5

Claus visited a city last week where people did not live where they worked nor where they shopped. Each area of the city had a different function. What model of urban growth was this city based on?

Accepted Answer

A)  the concentric-zone model 
B)  the sector model 
C)  the multiple-nuclei model 
D)  the cityscape model 
A)  the concentric-zone model 
B)  the sector model 
C)  the multiple-nuclei model 
D)  the cityscape model

Question 6

Gentrification is a "stay in the city" rather than a "back to the city" movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What is the demographer's concept of replacement level?

Accepted Answer

A)  upgrading crumbling infrastructure in our cities (such as replacing old bridges) 
B)  people relocating out of the city's transition zone and being replaced 
C)  immigration policies designed to increase populations where they are declining 
D)  the point where births and deaths balance out for stable population levels 
A)  upgrading crumbling infrastructure in our cities (such as replacing old bridges) 
B)  people relocating out of the city's transition zone and being replaced 
C)  immigration policies designed to increase populations where they are declining 
D)  the point where births and deaths balance out for stable population levels

Question 8

Summarize the characteristics of the early preindustrial cities and provide examples.

Accepted Answer

Establishment of commerce; cla

Question 9

Which of the following caused gentrification in the 1970s and 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  dislike of mass-produced housing 
B)  baby boomers looking for houses of their own 
C)  a proclivity for antique objects 
D)  acceptance of the suburban way of life 
A)  dislike of mass-produced housing 
B)  baby boomers looking for houses of their own 
C)  a proclivity for antique objects 
D)  acceptance of the suburban way of life

Question 10

Examine the causes of the rise of industrial cities and provide Canadian examples.

Accepted Answer

Advances in transportation, ag

Question 11

The demographic transition addresses changing fertility and mortality rates over time. What trend does this transition track?

Accepted Answer

A)  an alarming increase in death rates in developing countries 
B)  dramatically increasing fertility rates in the underdeveloped world 
C)  increasing birth and death rates in overurbanized cities worldwide 
D)  a trend from high to low birth and death rates in wealthier nations 
A)  an alarming increase in death rates in developing countries 
B)  dramatically increasing fertility rates in the underdeveloped world 
C)  increasing birth and death rates in overurbanized cities worldwide 
D)  a trend from high to low birth and death rates in wealthier nations

Question 12

What does over urbanization cause?

Accepted Answer

A)  dramatic urban redevelopment to accommodate residents 
B)  an upper class of residents who live in splendour 
C)  an underclass of residents in illegal squatter settlements 
D)  pressure on the middle class and escalating economic strain 
A)  dramatic urban redevelopment to accommodate residents 
B)  an upper class of residents who live in splendour 
C)  an underclass of residents in illegal squatter settlements 
D)  pressure on the middle class and escalating economic strain

Question 13

European cities stagnated and declined after the fall of Rome. What factor contributed to the trade routes being re-established and the revival of commerce?

Accepted Answer

A)  the age of enlightenment 
B)  sea trading mariners 
C)  the Crusades 
D)  the emerging bourgeoisie 
A)  the age of enlightenment 
B)  sea trading mariners 
C)  the Crusades 
D)  the emerging bourgeoisie

Question 14

In Burgess's model, where do illegal commercial activities tend to occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  central business district 
B)  zone of working-class homes 
C)  zone of transition 
D)  zone of better residences 
A)  central business district 
B)  zone of working-class homes 
C)  zone of transition 
D)  zone of better residences

Question 15

What three important elements characterized preindustrial cities, and why are they significant?

Accepted Answer

The existence of a food surplus in ferti

Question 16

According to Louis Wirth, what is an accompaniment to city life?

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing social solidarity and orderliness 
B)  the undermining of traditional social solidarity 
C)  greater individual freedom and well-being 
D)  lifestyles based on money and individual interests 
A)  increasing social solidarity and orderliness 
B)  the undermining of traditional social solidarity 
C)  greater individual freedom and well-being 
D)  lifestyles based on money and individual interests

What was the concept Robert E. Park and his colleagues gave to crime, juvenile delinquency, family breakdown, and mental illness occurring in the urban setting?

The city of Mumbai, India, has 16,000 to 20,000 condemned buildings, and every year during monsoon season several of these buildings collapse, killing hundreds of homeless squatters. Which term best describes this city's condition?

According to the text, which of the following is included in the concentric-zone model of the city?

Describe the five factors that have led to the growth of edge cities.

Claus visited a city last week where people did not live where they worked nor where they shopped. Each area of the city had a different function. What model of urban growth was this city based on?

Gentrification is a "stay in the city" rather than a "back to the city" movement.

What is the demographer's concept of replacement level?

Summarize the characteristics of the early preindustrial cities and provide examples.

Which of the following caused gentrification in the 1970s and 1980s?

Examine the causes of the rise of industrial cities and provide Canadian examples.

The demographic transition addresses changing fertility and mortality rates over time. What trend does this transition track?

What does over urbanization cause?

European cities stagnated and declined after the fall of Rome. What factor contributed to the trade routes being re-established and the revival of commerce?

In Burgess's model, where do illegal commercial activities tend to occur?

What three important elements characterized preindustrial cities, and why are they significant?

According to Louis Wirth, what is an accompaniment to city life?

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Exam 15: Population and Urbanization

What was the concept Robert E. Park and his colleagues gave to crime, juvenile delinquency, family breakdown, and mental illness occurring in the urban setting?

The city of Mumbai, India, has 16,000 to 20,000 condemned buildings, and every year during monsoon season several of these buildings collapse, killing hundreds of homeless squatters. Which term best describes this city's condition?

According to the text, which of the following is included in the concentric-zone model of the city?

Describe the five factors that have led to the growth of edge cities.

Claus visited a city last week where people did not live where they worked nor where they shopped. Each area of the city had a different function. What model of urban growth was this city based on?

Gentrification is a "stay in the city" rather than a "back to the city" movement.

What is the demographer's concept of replacement level?

Summarize the characteristics of the early preindustrial cities and provide examples.

Which of the following caused gentrification in the 1970s and 1980s?

Examine the causes of the rise of industrial cities and provide Canadian examples.

The demographic transition addresses changing fertility and mortality rates over time. What trend does this transition track?

What does over urbanization cause?

European cities stagnated and declined after the fall of Rome. What factor contributed to the trade routes being re-established and the revival of commerce?

In Burgess's model, where do illegal commercial activities tend to occur?

What three important elements characterized preindustrial cities, and why are they significant?

According to Louis Wirth, what is an accompaniment to city life?

Introduction to Sociology

Culture

Socialization

Gender and Sexuality

Communication and Mass Media

Social Stratification

Gender Inequality

Race and Ethnic Relations

Development and Underdevelopment

Families

Work and Occupations

Education

Religion

Deviance and Crime

Sociology and the Environment

Health and Aging

Politics and Social Movements

Globalization

Research Methods

Networks, Groups, Bureaucracies, and Societies

Filters