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Urbanization MCQ

Dallas/fort worth is an example of an urban form known as a __________.

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Correct Answer: Conurb

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Edge cities have developed as suburban counterparts to __________.

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Correct Answer: The traditional downtown areas of large central cities

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Laws originally created to keep lower-income residents out is called

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Correct Answer: Zoning Laws

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The movement of populations from rural to urban areas; the growth and development, and redevelopment, of cities is called

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Correct Answer: Urbanization

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________ defines the ways of life or cultures of people in cities; the myths, symbols, and rituals of urbanites

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Correct Answer: Urbanism

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Locations that serve social needs beyond work and home life (e.g., local coffee shops) is called

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Correct Answer: Third Places

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The conformity of individuals to explicit and implicit ______rules of behavior is called special order

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Correct Answer: Social

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The practice of physically separating the occupants of some social statuses from the occupants of others is called

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Correct Answer: Segregation

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The rebuilding of parts of a city; sometimes large areas are completely demolished before being rebuilt, sometimes older buildings are preserved or updated is called

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Correct Answer: Redevelopment

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Industrialization describes a process that leads to a significant increase in the proportion of a population engaged in specialized factory work and nonagricultural occupations; increases the number of people living near factories and relying on mechanically produced goods and services

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Correct Answer: True

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A process that occurs when racially segregated neighborhoods have high levels of isolation and other measures of extreme segregation from other races is called

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Correct Answer: Hypersegregation

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Gesellschaft describe a societal association, or a sense of relationships typified by impersonal bureaucracies and contractual arrangements rather than informal ones based on kinship and family ties

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Correct Answer: True

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The process by which a neighborhood is transformed by an infiltration of middle- and upper-class residents and by the revitalization of older buildings is called gentrification

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Correct Answer: True

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Gemeinschaft describes a Communal association, or a sense of close-knit community relations based on shared _______ and values

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Correct Answer: Traditions

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Individuals who are from different symbolic worlds or cultures are called

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Correct Answer: Cultural Strangers

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Community explains a usually positive (though not necessarily so) form of sustained social cohesion, interaction, and organization that exists between the larger society and individuals who have similar characteristics or attributes (e.g., ethnicity, geography, beliefs)

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Correct Answer: True

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A relatively large, dense, and _________ populated place or settlement is called city

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Correct Answer: Homogeneously

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The commercial, office, transportation, and cultural center of a city; land values in the CBD are usually among the highest in the city is called

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Correct Answer: Central Business District (CBD)

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Built environment explains the human-constructed physical and material objects that make up the city, like buildings, streets, and sidewalks

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Correct Answer: True

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Individuals who do not know each other on a personal basis or who have never met is called

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Correct Answer: Biographical Strangers

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Urbanization in the United States was closely linked with economic development and industrialization.

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Correct Answer: True

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Housing, education, health, and public transportation demands are affected by the rate of Latino population growth.

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Correct Answer: True

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Gentrification is a global experience.

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Correct Answer: True

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Disparities in quality housing have remained unchanged since the 1970s.

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Correct Answer: True

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A lack of town centers and rigidly separated homes are outcomes of

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Correct Answer: Urban sprawl.

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What is the most contentious by-product of gentrification?

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Correct Answer: The involuntary displacement of a neighborhood’s low-income residents

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Which theory views social problems as natural to the system, rising from the unequal distribution of power?

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Correct Answer: The socio-spatial perspective

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According to Durkheim, the social bonds that unite us will eventually weaken and lead to social problems as a result of

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Correct Answer: Industrialization.

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According to 2007 U.S. Census data, younger Americans are __________ than are older generations.

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Correct Answer: More ethnically diverse

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Which generation is twice as likely to express a desire to live in a walkable urban area?

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Correct Answer: Millennials

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Happy Valley is an area with 3,700 individuals. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Happy Valley is a(n)

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Correct Answer: Urban population.

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What is the distinguishing component of migration?

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Correct Answer: The type of movement

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The study of the size, composition, and distribution of human populations is called

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Correct Answer: Demography.

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The first studies on urbanization or urban sociology adopted a __________ approach, comparing the city to a(n)

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Correct Answer: Functionalist; organism.

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The idea that our cities are examples of economic and social progress, yet also harbor significant social problems such as poverty, crime, crowding, pollution, and collapsing infrastructures is referred to as

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Correct Answer: Profound duality.

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