Question 1

Why is Don Mills important in the study of suburbs?

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Question 2

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

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

Question 3

What is environmental-opportunity theory? Describe its application to where you have lived (or where you are currently living)and to where you foresee yourself living once you have finished your postsecondary education.

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Question 4

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 stage of city evolution applies to this inner-city development?

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

Question 5

The Bank Act of 1871 was one of the major reasons for the concentration of the Canadian population into a few urban centres such as Toronto and Montreal.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Elise had recently moved to Toronto from a small town in Northern Ontario.When asked how she liked living in "the big city," she asserted that she missed the feeling of community that she had grown up with.Which theorist is Elise in agreement with?

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A)  Robert E.Park 
B)  Max Weber 
C)  Ferdinand Tönnies 
D)  Emile Durkheim

Question 7

In a class discussion,Tait was asked to give one outcome of the privatization of public space in the postmodern city.Which of the following would he offer?

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A)  Suburbs and central cities are being physically separated as a result of a resurgence of green spaces. 
B)  The number of public places where people can come together and socialize are being reduced. 
C)  More exclusive people-friendly public places are being created. 
D)  Real estate and housing costs are skyrocketing beyond the average person's income.

Question 8

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

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Question 9

What is urban bias?

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A)  uneven investment and development that favours rural over urban areas 
B)  ideas and attitudes of urban residents that are prejudiced against rural life 
C)  the loss of rural populations to urban areas so great that rural life is disappearing 
D)  uneven investment and development that favours urban over rural areas

Question 10

Felix and Beth were trying to decide whether to have another child or not,because of the associated costs.Ultimately,they decided they did not want to constantly worry about their finances and decided against having another child.Whose research could best explain their choice?

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A)  Talcott Parsons 
B)  Thomas Malthus 
C)  Karl Marx 
D)  Paul Ehrlich

Question 11

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?

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

Question 12

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 describes his predictions?

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

Question 13

What trends did Louis Wirth see as characterizing cities?

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A)  decreasing density 
B)  increasing heterogeneity 
C)  increasing homogeneity 
D)  decreasing size

Question 14

What was the focus of urban studies done by Robert Park and his colleagues at the Chicago School of Sociology?

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A)  They tried to improve the city by discovering "what made it tick." 
B)  They found that despite their research,problems in the city could not be fixed 
C)  They focused on what aspects of city life were working well. 
D)  They made the city of New York their social research laboratory.

Question 15

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

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A)  multiple urban cores 
B)  modern welfare housing 
C)  a central business district 
D)  fixed,distinct zone boundaries

Question 16

What are the advantages of gentrification for women?

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A)  readily available child care and other services 
B)  telecommuting opportunities let them work from home 
C)  separation of grungy work places from residences 
D)  carpooling opportunities to remote work sites

Question 17

Why did preindustrial cities contain only a small fraction of the overall population?

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A)  There was an inadequate supply of construction material. 
B)  People overwhelmingly preferred the rural life. 
C)  City dwelling was restricted to people who were involved in religious life. 
D)  Disease and pestilence kept urban population numbers low.

Question 18

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

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Question 19

For what reason does it appear that Vancouver's development has followed the sector model?

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A)  When land became scarce,growth went high-rise. 
B)  The sectors developed strong neighbourhood attachments. 
C)  Its population spread out along the natural shorelines. 
D)  It developed a single growth nucleus/central core.

Question 20

How might urbanization fuel large-scale violence in developing countries?

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Exam 16: Population and Urbanization