Question 1

In recent years, what area of the world has seen cities with populations between 100,000 and 500,000 experience remarkable growth?

Accepted Answer

A)  Australia 
B)  the European Union 
C)  the developing world 
D)  North America

Question 2

Daniella was helping her 10-year old son with his homework assignment-"create a model of your city." They started with the business centre in the middle, and then proceeded to add a light manufacturing district, heavy manufacturing district, the university campus and research complex, the shopping district and neighbourhoods around each area. According to the text, what model of urban environment were they creating?

Accepted Answer

A)  multiple nuclei model 
B)  sector model 
C)  concentric zone model 
D)  urban sprawl model

Question 3

Melissa had just finished reading a popular historical romance novel and was telling Monica about the English heroine who would spend 16 hours a day in her home making lace, which was then collected and shipped to France. What work arrangement was Melissa describing?

Accepted Answer

A)  putting-out system 
B)  piece-work system 
C)  subcontracting system 
D)  postindustrial system

Question 4

What prompted the concentration of economic power in Toronto and Montreal?

Accepted Answer

A)  the growth of nearby factory towns 
B)  U.S. and British financial elites 
C)  their proximity to the U.S. market 
D)  capital institutions located in cities

Question 5

The demographic transition refers to the phenomenon of people leaving rural areas to live in urbanized settings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The central city is making a comeback from the 1960s and 1970s, when it was abandoned by middle-class families who moved to the suburbs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to the news article Kammi had read, a real estate development company had acquired over 100 square kilometres of prime agricultural land in India, and was in the process of building luxury residential high-rises, exclusive office and retail space, shopping malls, deluxe hotels, and a residential housing area for those who did not want to live downtown. What name would be given to this project?

Accepted Answer

A)  urban renewal 
B)  industrial city 
C)  globalized city 
D)  corporate city

Question 8

Don Mills, on the northern fringe of Toronto, was Canada's first mass suburb.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

After reading the front page of the newspaper, Terry said to his partner, "Well, that certainly exemplifies the fortress city mentality." Which of the following articles was Terry referring to?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Supermart is opening its fifth superstore." 
B)  "City hall approves $20,000 expenditure to remove park benches and replace them with cement stools." 
C)  "School board 'safe school policy' will cost taxpayers $50,000." 
D)  "Zoning by-law amended. Homeowners must have 2.5 metre-tall iron fence around pools."

Question 10

What effect has the shift in North American economies from a manufacturing to a service and knowledge base had on edge city residents?

Accepted Answer

A)  People prefer to isolate themselves socially and geographically. 
B)  People are inclined to live and work in the same geographic area. 
C)  People prefer to commute from the edge city to the corporate offices downtown. 
D)  People prefer to live in microsocieties scattered across the urban landscape.

Question 11

Luigi is obsessed with his job as a marketing consultant. Where he lives, he does not know his neighbours, and he likes it that way because he can run out of his house and not get stuck in a conversation that will delay his arrival at work. What would Louis Wirth call Luigi?

Accepted Answer

A)  a workaholic 
B)  an urban economic participant 
C)  an urbanite 
D)  an anti-neighbourhood proponent

Question 12

Artisans, soldiers, and other people from all walks of life resided in a community of roughly 40,000 people in southern Greece in the 10th century B.C. What kind of place was this community?

Accepted Answer

A)  a city 
B)  a town 
C)  a village 
D)  a district

Question 13

Apply the basic principles of Chicago School theories of urbanization to the development of a Canadian city.

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

In Pune, Maharashtra, India, a densely populated city of 4.5 million, a visitor notices hordes of people living on the street, traffic congestion and air pollution at the street level, electrical outages, and flooding during the monsoon rains. Which term best describes this city's condition?

Accepted Answer

A)  preindustrialization 
B)  overurbanization 
C)  population sprawl 
D)  peri-urbanization

Question 15

Mike had to relocate for work. He could have bought a house in the city, but he loves to sail, so he bought a house on a lake where he could moor his boat. As a result, Mike lengthened his commute to work by 30 minutes. Which theory can be used to explain his relocation choice?

Accepted Answer

A)  water quotient theory 
B)  antiurbanization theory 
C)  environmental-opportunity theory 
D)  recreational living theory

Question 16

A metropolitan real-estate magnate has purchased an abandoned warehouse in the city's transitional zone, and is converting it on the street level to a mall with chic boutiques, while making the upper floors into condominiums. Which of the following stages of city evolution applies to this inner-city development?

Accepted Answer

A)  suburban city 
B)  corporate city 
C)  peri-urbanized city 
D)  urban city

Question 17

Lindsey, a licensed real estate sales person, has a number of properties listed for sale in the gentrified area of the inner city. Who should she target as potential purchasers when marketing and advertising these properties?

Accepted Answer

A)  middle-aged men 
B)  newly arrived immigrants 
C)  the elderly 
D)  young, single women

Question 18

A demographer posits that although birth rates in developing countries are alarmingly high, there will be a dramatic shift to lower birth and death rates in the coming decades as these countries modernize. What concept is used to describe his predictions?

Accepted Answer

A)  fertility conversion 
B)  demographic transition 
C)  declining demographics 
D)  population inversion

Question 19

Discuss the population debate between Malthus and Marx. Include more recent viewpoints from theorists cited in the text.

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

Which of the following factors led to the emergence of the industrial city?

Accepted Answer

A)  declining trade and commerce because of increased war 
B)  an increase in rural cottage industries trading with cities 
C)  a dramatic increase in fertility rates of women in cities 
D)  advancements in transportation and agricultural technology

Exam 15: Population and Urbanization

In recent years, what area of the world has seen cities with populations between 100,000 and 500,000 experience remarkable growth?

Melissa had just finished reading a popular historical romance novel and was telling Monica about the English heroine who would spend 16 hours a day in her home making lace, which was then collected and shipped to France. What work arrangement was Melissa describing?

What prompted the concentration of economic power in Toronto and Montreal?

The demographic transition refers to the phenomenon of people leaving rural areas to live in urbanized settings.

The central city is making a comeback from the 1960s and 1970s, when it was abandoned by middle-class families who moved to the suburbs.

Don Mills, on the northern fringe of Toronto, was Canada's first mass suburb.

After reading the front page of the newspaper, Terry said to his partner, "Well, that certainly exemplifies the fortress city mentality." Which of the following articles was Terry referring to?

What effect has the shift in North American economies from a manufacturing to a service and knowledge base had on edge city residents?

Luigi is obsessed with his job as a marketing consultant. Where he lives, he does not know his neighbours, and he likes it that way because he can run out of his house and not get stuck in a conversation that will delay his arrival at work. What would Louis Wirth call Luigi?

Artisans, soldiers, and other people from all walks of life resided in a community of roughly 40,000 people in southern Greece in the 10th century B.C. What kind of place was this community?

Apply the basic principles of Chicago School theories of urbanization to the development of a Canadian city.

In Pune, Maharashtra, India, a densely populated city of 4.5 million, a visitor notices hordes of people living on the street, traffic congestion and air pollution at the street level, electrical outages, and flooding during the monsoon rains. Which term best describes this city's condition?

Mike had to relocate for work. He could have bought a house in the city, but he loves to sail, so he bought a house on a lake where he could moor his boat. As a result, Mike lengthened his commute to work by 30 minutes. Which theory can be used to explain his relocation choice?

Lindsey, a licensed real estate sales person, has a number of properties listed for sale in the gentrified area of the inner city. Who should she target as potential purchasers when marketing and advertising these properties?

A demographer posits that although birth rates in developing countries are alarmingly high, there will be a dramatic shift to lower birth and death rates in the coming decades as these countries modernize. What concept is used to describe his predictions?

Discuss the population debate between Malthus and Marx. Include more recent viewpoints from theorists cited in the text.

Which of the following factors led to the emergence of the industrial city?