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,Test Bank for Chapter 1Multiple Choice
1. While only 9% of the world’s population lived in cities in 1900, approximately what
percent will be city dwellers in 2030 if present trends continue?
a. 30%
* b. 60%
c. 80%
d. 90%
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2. Although the human species has existed on the earth for at least 100,000 years, cities
began to appear how many years ago?
a. 50,000
b. 25,000
* c. 10,000
d. 5,000
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3. What city did Richard Henry Dana allude to in his classic Two Years Before the Mast?
a. New York
b. Pittsburgh
c. Boston
* d. San Francisco
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4. Although historians have studied cities for centuries, in which of the academic
disciplines listed below were cities first studied systematically?
a. economics
b. political economy
* c. sociology
d. political science
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,5. When did early sociologists begin to turn their attentions to cities?
a. the late 17th century
b. the mid-18th century
* c. the late 19th century
d. the mid-20th century
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6. Early scholars of urbanization portrayed the city as:
a. a place of unlimited opportunity
* b. a dangerous place where community and family were threatened
c. a place where both opportunity and danger coexisted
d. the main cause of industrialization
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7. The area of study in which urbanists try to understand why cities are located in
particular places, is called:
* a. urban geography
b. urban ecology
c. social psychology
d. none of the above
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8. The area of study in which urbanists try to understand why people disperse within
cities the way they do, is called:
a. urban geography
* b. urban ecology
c. social psychology
d. none of the above
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9. The “Anatomy” of modern North American cities has been characterized by:
a. declining urban population growth
b. population migration to the Sunbelt region
c. the growth of exurbs
* d. all of the above
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, 10. Demographers suggest that the growth of exurban regions far beyond the urban
core results from:
a. the desire of many people to live a simpler life
b. a disdain for suburban life
c. a breakdown of the traditional family unit
* d. the exodus of business and industry from central cities
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11. According to Macionis and Parrillo, the most important consequence of declining
population growth in central cities for people who remain is:
a. less opportunity to build a sense of community
b. less choice in consumption as a result of industry flight
c. more free space
* d. less federal funding and political representation
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12. By social structure, urbanists mean:
a. transportation, buildings, and public utilities
* b. patterns of city life shaped by wealth and power disparities
c. patterns of city life shaped by individual choice
d. none of the above
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13. Which of the following is (are) true concerning urban growth in a global context?
a. Growth rates are the highest in the developing world.
b. Urbanization is an unmistakable trend everywhere.
c. Poverty and disease result from urbanization for many people.
* d. all of the above
Pages 19-20
14. Which of the factors listed below is/are quality of urban life indicators?
a. level of material wealth
b. degree of safety and security
c. sense of community
* d. all of the above
Pages 20-22
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