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True or False? There are more Americans living in suburbs than cities.
False
True
2
All of these are important functions of early cities EXCEPT
entertainment
manufacturing
religion
trade
3
Which is NOT a public housing project?
All of these ARE
Robert Taylor Homes
Cabrini Green
Mille Collines
4
Which is not a "pro" of city living?
privacy
diversity
pollution
cultural institutions
5
Roads, plumbing, wiring, and sewers are all examples of what?
engineering
zonation
satellites
Infrastructure
6
How many people live in slums worldwide?
1 billion
100 million
10 million
1 million
7
Which is NOT a reason people move out to the suburbs?
Safety
Large yards
Entertainment
Education
8
What event created the city as we know it in modern times?
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution
invention of the wheel
the Railroad
9
When did people first develop permanent settlements?
20,000 years ago when they domesticated animals
after the Industrial Revolution
100,000 years ago when humans evolved
10,000-12,000 years ago when they figured out how to farm
10
Chicago's CBD is called the...
Metra
Loop
Circle
Plaza
11
As distance from the CBD increases, population density ________.
Increases
Decreases
Stays the same
12
Which is NOT of the three most important world cities?
London
New York
Paris
Tokyo
13
When suburbanization stretches into the countryside in discontinuous bursts, we call it this.
gentrification
sprawl
surreal
stretch
14
Which model includes edge cities and modern expressways?
concentric zone
multiple nuclei
urban realms
sector
15
What did the Supreme Court declare in the Gautreaux decision?
public housing must be spread out
blockbusting is illegal
Cabrini Green must close
restrictive covenants are legal
16
Where are many slums found in Latin America?
along the ocean
in the CBD
in the surrounding hills
next to upper class neighborhoods
17
All of the following are in the CBD EXCEPT...
low class housing
offices
banks
government buildings
18
Stock yard workers in Chicago worked in which type of job?
ship yards
meat packing
farming
car manufacturing
19
For most of human history, humans engaged in...
hunting and gathering
farming
services
manufacturing
20
Which did NOT make suburbanization possible?
Railroads
Changed loan structure
New highways
Mass produced developments away from the city
21
What is North Town village?
the ghetto
low income subsidized housing
Replacement of the Robert Taylor homes
mixed-income development
22
Edge cities have done all of these EXCEPT...
changed commuting patterns
providing jobs & shopping outside central cities
allowed more sprawl
provide vast amounts of affordable housing
23
When a neighborhood is rejuvenated, we call it this.
white flight
suburbanization
the projects
gentrification
24
All of these contributed to white flight EXCEPT
gentrification
redlining
blockbusting
suburbanization
25
All of these are found in cities of all ages EXCEPT
public housing
entertainment
trade/shopping
government buildings
26
When did the suburbs really start to grow in America?
After WWII
After Vietnam
After WWI
In the last twenty years
27
When did the most rapid urban growth take place?
100 years ago
the last 50 years
after the Agricultural Rev
after the Industrial Revolution
28
Which is NOT one of the four city models of North America?
Sector
Urban realms
Rectangular
Concentric zone
29
Which is not an early river valley civilization?
Mississippi Valley
the Nile
Mesopotamia
Indus River Valley
30
What preceded the first urban revolution- when people first moved to cities?
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial revolution
All of these
Monotheism
31
All of these were a part of Roman cities EXCEPT...
Acropolis
Aqueducts
Roads
Colosseum
32
How did banks discriminate against the poor and minorities?
redlining
gentrification
VA loans
blockbusting
33
Thousands of African Americans moved into northern cities during the...
CHA
White Flight
Great Migration
Great Trek
34
What would you find in the middle of a European medieval city?
ghetto
castle
church
Colosseum
35
Why do city governments encourage gentrification?
they get more in taxes
to preserve historic areas
to get rid of the poor
36
This model shows how cities have a number of specialized areas
edge cities
multiple nuclei
sector
concentric zone
37
Which city model looks like a bullseye?
Multiple nuclei
Sector
Concentric zone
Urban realms
38
The movement of large populations of people to cities is the definition of...
hunting and gathering
urbanization
suburban sprawl
edge cities
39
Which model would explain the differences between the north and south sides of Chicago?
Concentric Zone
Urban realms
Sector
Multiple Nuclei
40
True or False? There are more urban than rural people today.
False
True
