Question 1

The product that Spanish conquistadors found in the New World and took back to Europe that greatly affected the growth of the European population,especially among the lower classes,was ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  gold
B)  tobacco
C)  the potato
D)  the coca plant C

Question 2

Identify the models of urban growth and explain how they differ. Include in your answer why these models tell only a partial story of how cities are constructed.

Accepted Answer

The four models of urban growth are: the concentric zone,the sector,the multiple-nuclei model,and the peripheral model. The concentric zone model proposes that a city expands in a circular pattern outward from its center. Within each zone,certain specific activities are clustered. The sector model suggests that a concentric zone may contain several sectors of different activities. The multiple-nuclei model suggests that some cities have several centers or nuclei,not just the one center in the middle. Each nucleus is the focus of some specialized activity. Sometimes similar activities are grouped together because they profit from being located next to each other; other activities are not located in the same area because they are incompatible with each other. The peripheral model suggests people and services move from the central city into the periphery,or outskirts of the city adjacent to radial highways. These models are not useful in all cases as they are time bound and do not account for medieval cities. They are also geographically bound as cities in England have different planning laws. The models are also not useful in explaining urban growth in the Least Industrialized Nations. The wealthy there often live in the inner city,with the poor settling in the fringe areas outside the city.

Question 3

According to sociologist William Julius Wilson,what organizational change in society transformed the inner cities into ghettos?

Accepted Answer

A)  suburbanization
B)  urbanization
C)  deindustrialization
D)  urban patterns A

Question 4

The process of one group of people displacing a group whose racial,ethnic,or social class characteristics differ from their own is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  invasion-succession cycle
B)  invasion-dispersion
C)  acculturation-assimilation
D)  acculturation-succession

Question 5

What is a pattern of growth in which numbers double during approximately equal intervals,resulting in an acceleration of growth during the final stages?

Accepted Answer

A)  demographic equation
B)  demographic transition
C)  exponential growth curve
D)  implosion growth curve

Question 6

Cultural Diversity Around the World,"Why City Slums are Better than the Country: Urbanization in the Least Industrialized Nations," describes the terrible conditions in the slums of cities in the Least Industrialized Nations. Why do these conditions persist,despite government efforts to alleviate them?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

The world's average fertility rate is _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  10.3
B)  4) 3
C)  18.5
D)  2) 5

Question 8

Today,approximately what percentage of Americans live in cities?

Accepted Answer

A)  65 percent
B)  71 percent
C)  80 percent
D)  87 percent

Question 9

Which nation has adopted the "one couple,one child" policy?

Accepted Answer

A)  China
B)  India
C)  Indonesia
D)  Pakistan

Question 10

What continent is suggested to have the greatest incidence of population shrinkage?

Accepted Answer

A)  North America
B)  South America
C)  Oceania
D)  Europe

Question 11

What variables are MOST often included on a population pyramid?

Accepted Answer

A)  percentage of population by race,level of education
B)  percentage of population by race,sex
C)  percentage of population by race,age
D)  percentage of population by sex,age

Question 12

Discuss how suburbanization contributed to the decline of U.S. cities.

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Question 13

The city of Whispering Falls is trying to boost its economy by offering large corporations low taxes and economic assistance to locate in an industrial park within the city limits. Such a strategy is referred to as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  redlining
B)  establishing an enterprise zone
C)  gentrification
D)  urban renewal

Question 14

According to the symbolic interactionist perspective,why do women in poor nations bear a large number of children?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men control reproductive choices in the poor nations.
B)  Women cannot afford to spend money on birth control.
C)  Women are not educated on how to use birth control.
D)  Large families are rewarded socially and economically.

Question 15

The concept of human ecology to describe the ways in which people adapt to their environment was developed by sociologist ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Robert Park
B)  Joseph F. Cimini
C)  Frank Taylor
D)  William Beaver

Question 16

-Based on Figure 14.6,"Why the Poor Need Children," what reasons are given by the author that explain why people in poorer countries have so many children?

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Question 17

How is an edge city different from a suburb?

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

The region of the world with the highest number of legal immigrants is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  North America
B)  Asia
C)  Central and South America
D)  Europe

Question 19

In the demographic transition theory,a "population explosion" traditionally occurs in the ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  first
B)  second
C)  third
D)  fourth

Question 20

The Cultural Diversity Around the World feature,"Killing Little Girls: An Ancient and Thriving Practice," describes the common practice of killing girl babies at birth in some countries. Even though the culture of many more countries supports a strong preference for boy babies,few countries routinely practice female infanticide. How might the economic structure of a country where female infanticide is practiced be changed so that the practice becomes less rational?

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Exam 14: Population and Urbanization