Urbanization - Cultural Studies & Ethics

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Question 1 Easy Mcq

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

Question 2 Easy Mcq

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

Question 3 Easy Mcq

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

Question 4 Easy Mcq

What is the most contentious by-product of gentrification?

Question 5 Easy Mcq

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

Question 6 Easy Mcq

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

Question 7 Medium Mcq

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

Question 8 Easy Mcq

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

Question 9 Easy Mcq

Edge cities have developed as suburban counterparts to __________.

Question 10 Easy Mcq

Gentrification is a global experience.

Question 11 Easy Mcq

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

Question 12 Easy Mcq

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

Question 13 Medium Mcq

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

Question 14 Medium Mcq

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

Question 15 Easy Mcq

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

Question 16 Easy Mcq

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

Question 17 Medium Mcq

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

Question 18 Medium Mcq

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

Question 19 Easy Mcq

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

Question 20 Easy Mcq

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

Question 21 Easy Mcq

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)

Question 22 Medium Mcq

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

Question 23 Easy Mcq

What is the distinguishing component of migration?

Question 24 Medium Mcq

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

Question 25 Easy Mcq

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

Question 26 Easy Mcq

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

Question 27 Medium Mcq

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

Question 28 Easy Mcq

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

Question 29 Easy Mcq

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

Question 30 Easy Mcq

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

Question 31 Easy Mcq

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

Question 32 Easy Mcq

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

Question 33 Easy Mcq

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

Question 34 Easy Mcq

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

Question 35 Easy Mcq

Individuals who are from different symbolic worlds or cultures are called