Question 1

The text utilizes Ming Peking and Hellenic Athens as contrasting case studies. What are the major differences between these two early cities? What does a comparison of these two early urban centers reveal?

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The answer of The text utilizes Ming Peking and Hellenic...

Question 2

Modern sociologists generally view Spengler's contribution to urban sociology as extremely significant.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Ming Peking is an example of a city's ability to intensify culture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

refers to conformity to opinions that supposedly reflect group consensus.

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A)  Groupthink 
B)  Group conformity 
C)  Group polarization 
D)  Group identity

Question 5

Now a city of 22 million people, Beijing was formerly called

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A)  Tokyo. 
B)  Athens. 
C)  Ibadan. 
D)  Peking.

Question 6

The text points out that much of the population of the city initially came from the

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A)  suburbs. 
B)  exurbs. 
C)  countryside. 
D)  highlands.

Question 7

According to Daniel J. Monti, in the urban way of life, the many different types of people have found an appropriate form of public behavior that enables them to get along with each other. Monti refers to this as

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A)  the countryside. 
B)  civic culture. 
C)  urban dominance. 
D)  civilization.

Question 8

Based on historical and comparative evidence, argued that the city has been at the center of Western civilization from its beginnings.

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A)  Robert Merton 
B)  Lewis Mumford 
C)  Oswald Spengler 
D)  Herbert Gans

Question 9

Classical Athens stood as a monument to

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A)  free citizens participation in government. 
B)  an all-powerful god. 
C)  a ruling family. 
D)  a police state.

Question 10

As Greek civilization entered the Golden Age, the gods themselves became more abstract and less like human beings.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The cultures that prevailed in classical Athens and in Ming Peking were very similar.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

There is little difference between the northern and southern regions of Beijing.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Explain how urban dominance is a central pattern of both the modern and the historical world.

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Question 14

What does Daniel J. Monti argue about cities?

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A)  They have become "sinkholes of indifference." 
B)  They lack a civic culture. 
C)  They are static entities. 
D)  They inspire a public spirit

Question 15

For all intents and purposes, large-scale industrialism began in England about

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A)  1550. 
B)  1650. 
C)  1750. 
D)  1850.

Question 16

Ming Peking was based on

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A)  elaborate Chinese cosmology. 
B)  Cartesian logic. 
C)  Buddhist rationalism. 
D)  Eastern existentialism.

Question 17

Urban dominance is a central pattern of the modern world, but not the historical world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Sociologically, Fiorello La Guardia was a marginal man who lived on the edge of many cultures.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

It was the expansion of capitalist nations and their cities in the 19th century that made it possible for the Communists to gain control of China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Friedrich Engels spoke of which English city with these words: "...it is a city in which one can roam for hours without leaving the built-up area and without seeing the slightest sign of the approach of open country"?

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A)  Manchester 
B)  Birmingham 
C)  Leeds 
D)  London

Exam 9: Comparative Urbanism: the City and Culture

The text utilizes Ming Peking and Hellenic Athens as contrasting case studies. What are the major differences between these two early cities? What does a comparison of these two early urban centers reveal?

Modern sociologists generally view Spengler's contribution to urban sociology as extremely significant.

Ming Peking is an example of a city's ability to intensify culture.

refers to conformity to opinions that supposedly reflect group consensus.

Now a city of 22 million people, Beijing was formerly called

The text points out that much of the population of the city initially came from the

According to Daniel J. Monti, in the urban way of life, the many different types of people have found an appropriate form of public behavior that enables them to get along with each other. Monti refers to this as

Based on historical and comparative evidence, argued that the city has been at the center of Western civilization from its beginnings.

Classical Athens stood as a monument to

As Greek civilization entered the Golden Age, the gods themselves became more abstract and less like human beings.

The cultures that prevailed in classical Athens and in Ming Peking were very similar.

There is little difference between the northern and southern regions of Beijing.

Explain how urban dominance is a central pattern of both the modern and the historical world.

What does Daniel J. Monti argue about cities?

For all intents and purposes, large-scale industrialism began in England about

Ming Peking was based on

Urban dominance is a central pattern of the modern world, but not the historical world.

Sociologically, Fiorello La Guardia was a marginal man who lived on the edge of many cultures.

It was the expansion of capitalist nations and their cities in the 19^th century that made it possible for the Communists to gain control of China.

Friedrich Engels spoke of which English city with these words: "...it is a city in which one can roam for hours without leaving the built-up area and without seeing the slightest sign of the approach of open country"?