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Cities and Urban Life 7th Edition John J. Macionis
,Chapter 1 Examination Questions
Multiple Choice
1. Although the human species has existed on Earth for at least 200,000 years, cities began
to appear how many years ago?
a. 50,000
b. 25,000
c. 10,000
d. 5,000
Correct Answer: C
1.4: Describe the ecological process of invasion–succession as seen in emerging cities
Topic/Concept: The Complexity of the City: Various Perspectives
s Lernmaterial bietet
Difficulty eine
Level: fundierte und praxisorientierte Unterstützung für Studierende in der
Easy
Hochschul-
Skillund Fachausbildung.
Level: Understand the Alle Kapitel sind vollständig abgedeckt und logisch aufgebaut,
Concepts
sodass eine effiziente Wiederholung und gezielte Prüfungsvorbereitung möglich ist.
Die Inhalte
2. What orientieren sich eng
city did Richard amDana
Henry jeweiligen
allude Lehrbuch und helfen
to in his classic dabei,
Two Years zentrale
Before Themen
the Mast?
sicher zua.verstehen
New York und anzuwenden. Dank der klaren Struktur eignet sich diese Ressource
sowohl für das Selbststudium
b. Pittsburgh als auch für den Einsatz im Unterricht.
Ideal fürc.Lernende,
Boston die Wert auf Vollständigkeit, Klarheit und akademische Qualität legen. Eine
verlässliche Ergänzung
d. San Franciscofür nachhaltiges Lernen und überzeugende akademische Leistungen.
•••• Afrikaans
Correct Answer: D
1.3a: Investigate the factors that lead to urban growth and development
Hierdie deeglik saamgestelde
1.3b: Evaluate studiemateriaal
the characteristics is ontwerp
of the urban om studente te help om hul
way of life
leerdoelwitte met selfvertroue
Topic/Concept: The Urbante bereik. Dit dek alle hoofstukke volledig en volg die struktuur
Transformation
Difficulty Level:handboek
van die voorgeskrewe Easy noukeurig.
Skill Level: Understand
Die inhoud ondersteun aktiewe leer, the Concepts
bevorder begrip van kernbegrippe en help met doelgerigte
eksamenvoor
3. While only 9% of the world’s population lived in cities in 1900, approximately what
percent will be city dwellers in 2050 if present trends continue?
a. 33%
b. 66%
c. 88%
d. 99%
Correct Answer: B
3.1 : Recognize how most people are captivated by cities
Topic/Concept: Why Study the City?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
4. Early sociologists were pessimistic about the study of cities because city life was
, considered dangerous. More contemporary studies have shown this to be based on
a. economic conditions.
b. political unrest.
c. false evidence.
d. hard science.
Correct Answer: C
1.4: Describe the ecological process of invasion–succession as seen in emerging cities
Topic/Concept: The Complexity of the City: Various Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
5. When did early sociologists begin to turn their attentions to cities?
a. The late 17th century
b. The mid-18thcentury
c. The late 19th century
d. The mid-20th century
Correct Answer: C
LO#/text:1.4: Describe the ecological process of invasion–succession as seen in emerging
cities
Topic/Concept:The Complexity of the City: Various Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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.
Correct Answer: B
1.4: Describe the ecological process of invasion–succession as seen in emerging cities
Topic/Concept: The Complexity of the City: Various Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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. social demography.
Correct Answer: A
, 1.4: Describe the ecological process of invasion–succession as seen in emerging cities
Topic/Concept: The Complexity of the City: Various Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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. social demography.
Correct Answer: B
1.4: Describe the ecological process of invasion–succession as seen in emerging cities
Topic/Concept: The Complexity of the City: Various Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
9. The “anatomy” of modern North American cities has been characterized by declining
population growth.Which of the following regions best illustrate this phenomenon?
a. Sunbelt region
b. Midwest
c. New England
d. Northwest
Correct Answer: A
1.5: Enumerate the population percentage change of the 30 largest U.S. Cities
Topic/Concept: The Anatomy of Modern North American Cities
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply what you know
10. Demographers suggest that the growth of exurban regions far beyond the
urbancoreresults 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.
Correct Answer: D
1.5: Enumerate the population percentage change of the 30 largest U.S. Cities
Topic/Concept: The Anatomy of Modern North American Cities
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply what you know
Cities and Urban Life 7th Edition John J. Macionis
,Chapter 1 Examination Questions
Multiple Choice
1. Although the human species has existed on Earth for at least 200,000 years, cities began
to appear how many years ago?
a. 50,000
b. 25,000
c. 10,000
d. 5,000
Correct Answer: C
1.4: Describe the ecological process of invasion–succession as seen in emerging cities
Topic/Concept: The Complexity of the City: Various Perspectives
s Lernmaterial bietet
Difficulty eine
Level: fundierte und praxisorientierte Unterstützung für Studierende in der
Easy
Hochschul-
Skillund Fachausbildung.
Level: Understand the Alle Kapitel sind vollständig abgedeckt und logisch aufgebaut,
Concepts
sodass eine effiziente Wiederholung und gezielte Prüfungsvorbereitung möglich ist.
Die Inhalte
2. What orientieren sich eng
city did Richard amDana
Henry jeweiligen
allude Lehrbuch und helfen
to in his classic dabei,
Two Years zentrale
Before Themen
the Mast?
sicher zua.verstehen
New York und anzuwenden. Dank der klaren Struktur eignet sich diese Ressource
sowohl für das Selbststudium
b. Pittsburgh als auch für den Einsatz im Unterricht.
Ideal fürc.Lernende,
Boston die Wert auf Vollständigkeit, Klarheit und akademische Qualität legen. Eine
verlässliche Ergänzung
d. San Franciscofür nachhaltiges Lernen und überzeugende akademische Leistungen.
•••• Afrikaans
Correct Answer: D
1.3a: Investigate the factors that lead to urban growth and development
Hierdie deeglik saamgestelde
1.3b: Evaluate studiemateriaal
the characteristics is ontwerp
of the urban om studente te help om hul
way of life
leerdoelwitte met selfvertroue
Topic/Concept: The Urbante bereik. Dit dek alle hoofstukke volledig en volg die struktuur
Transformation
Difficulty Level:handboek
van die voorgeskrewe Easy noukeurig.
Skill Level: Understand
Die inhoud ondersteun aktiewe leer, the Concepts
bevorder begrip van kernbegrippe en help met doelgerigte
eksamenvoor
3. While only 9% of the world’s population lived in cities in 1900, approximately what
percent will be city dwellers in 2050 if present trends continue?
a. 33%
b. 66%
c. 88%
d. 99%
Correct Answer: B
3.1 : Recognize how most people are captivated by cities
Topic/Concept: Why Study the City?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
4. Early sociologists were pessimistic about the study of cities because city life was
, considered dangerous. More contemporary studies have shown this to be based on
a. economic conditions.
b. political unrest.
c. false evidence.
d. hard science.
Correct Answer: C
1.4: Describe the ecological process of invasion–succession as seen in emerging cities
Topic/Concept: The Complexity of the City: Various Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
5. When did early sociologists begin to turn their attentions to cities?
a. The late 17th century
b. The mid-18thcentury
c. The late 19th century
d. The mid-20th century
Correct Answer: C
LO#/text:1.4: Describe the ecological process of invasion–succession as seen in emerging
cities
Topic/Concept:The Complexity of the City: Various Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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.
Correct Answer: B
1.4: Describe the ecological process of invasion–succession as seen in emerging cities
Topic/Concept: The Complexity of the City: Various Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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. social demography.
Correct Answer: A
, 1.4: Describe the ecological process of invasion–succession as seen in emerging cities
Topic/Concept: The Complexity of the City: Various Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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. social demography.
Correct Answer: B
1.4: Describe the ecological process of invasion–succession as seen in emerging cities
Topic/Concept: The Complexity of the City: Various Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
9. The “anatomy” of modern North American cities has been characterized by declining
population growth.Which of the following regions best illustrate this phenomenon?
a. Sunbelt region
b. Midwest
c. New England
d. Northwest
Correct Answer: A
1.5: Enumerate the population percentage change of the 30 largest U.S. Cities
Topic/Concept: The Anatomy of Modern North American Cities
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply what you know
10. Demographers suggest that the growth of exurban regions far beyond the
urbancoreresults 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.
Correct Answer: D
1.5: Enumerate the population percentage change of the 30 largest U.S. Cities
Topic/Concept: The Anatomy of Modern North American Cities
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply what you know
