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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%
Page 2
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
Page 10
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
Page 8
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
Page 12
,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
Page 12
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
Page 12
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
Page 13
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
Page 13
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
Page 18
, 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
Page 18
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
Page 18
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
Page 7
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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