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INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM VERSION 2
NEWEST 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+|
Why are developing countries experiencing urbanization at such a
rapid pace? What social,
economic, and environmental challenges do those cities face in
dealing with this rapid
urbanization? - ANSWER-• Africa
Asia are still predominantly rural-only 40-45% urban but growing
rapidly
• - ANSWER-Major environmental risks are posed by such rapid
growth, overcrowding, poverty, housing, pollution, sanitation,
water supply
• Growth of informal economy
• Lack of social services: family planning, poverty, health care
• Young populations
o 52% under age 15 in Niger, as opposed to 13% in Japan
Germany - ANSWER-
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Outline Saskia Sassen's concept of the global city, and explain
the four key traits of these urban
centers. What does inequality look like in these global cities? -
ANSWER-• Cities like London, NYC, Tokyo, that have become an
organizing center of the new global economy
house major transnational corporations - ANSWER-
global firms
• - ANSWER-Seats of global power
control
• - ANSWER-Sites of extreme wealth
poverty - ANSWER-
According to Chuck Laszewski, what dimensions are important for
sociologists studying the
environment? (see the article assigned in the syllabus) -
ANSWER-
1.What approach to urban analysis claims that "cities do not grow
up at random but in response to advantageous
features of the environment"?
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a. Wirth's urbanism as a way of life
b. the Chicago School's ecological view
c. Harvey's view of cities as restructured space
d. Castells's view of urbanism as contested space - ANSWER-
2. According to David Harvey, urbanism is a process that involves
a constant restructuring of space. What
influences this process?
a. the movement of new population groups into a city
b. the degree to which cities remain undiversified culturally
c. decisions made by business, government, and investors
d. the pressures of various social movements - ANSWER-
3. Louis Wirth was among the first to address the "urban
interaction problem." Which of the following best
represents that problem?
a. the necessity for city dwellers to move around the city quickly
via public transportation
b. the necessity for city dwellers to demonstrate the sophistication
and critical acumen of the urbanite
c. the necessity for city dwellers to put out-of-towners in their
place
d. the necessity for city dwellers to respect social boundaries
when so many people are in close proximity all the
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time - ANSWER-d
4. As the population of developing countries undergoes a
demographic transition in the years to come, what is likely
to be the consequence?
a. The population of these countries will steadily fall.
b. There will be rapid growth of cities as more people migrate
there in search of employment.
c. There will be less famine, and food shortages will decrease.
d. There will be a decrease in religiosity. - ANSWER-b
5. In what way do more recent theories of urbanism differ from the
earlier Chicago School?
a. They focus on the negative social consequences when
strangers occupy the same physical spaces.
b. They focus on the way people interact in public spaces.
c. They stress that urbanism is in response to major patterns of
political and economic change rather than natural
forces.
d. They examine the development of urban culture and how that
contributes to a particular way of life. - ANSWER-d
6. Social problems such as high levels of child poverty, high rates
of motor vehicle fatalities and other accidental
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY FINAL EXAM VERSION 2
NEWEST 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+|
Why are developing countries experiencing urbanization at such a
rapid pace? What social,
economic, and environmental challenges do those cities face in
dealing with this rapid
urbanization? - ANSWER-• Africa
Asia are still predominantly rural-only 40-45% urban but growing
rapidly
• - ANSWER-Major environmental risks are posed by such rapid
growth, overcrowding, poverty, housing, pollution, sanitation,
water supply
• Growth of informal economy
• Lack of social services: family planning, poverty, health care
• Young populations
o 52% under age 15 in Niger, as opposed to 13% in Japan
Germany - ANSWER-
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Outline Saskia Sassen's concept of the global city, and explain
the four key traits of these urban
centers. What does inequality look like in these global cities? -
ANSWER-• Cities like London, NYC, Tokyo, that have become an
organizing center of the new global economy
house major transnational corporations - ANSWER-
global firms
• - ANSWER-Seats of global power
control
• - ANSWER-Sites of extreme wealth
poverty - ANSWER-
According to Chuck Laszewski, what dimensions are important for
sociologists studying the
environment? (see the article assigned in the syllabus) -
ANSWER-
1.What approach to urban analysis claims that "cities do not grow
up at random but in response to advantageous
features of the environment"?
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a. Wirth's urbanism as a way of life
b. the Chicago School's ecological view
c. Harvey's view of cities as restructured space
d. Castells's view of urbanism as contested space - ANSWER-
2. According to David Harvey, urbanism is a process that involves
a constant restructuring of space. What
influences this process?
a. the movement of new population groups into a city
b. the degree to which cities remain undiversified culturally
c. decisions made by business, government, and investors
d. the pressures of various social movements - ANSWER-
3. Louis Wirth was among the first to address the "urban
interaction problem." Which of the following best
represents that problem?
a. the necessity for city dwellers to move around the city quickly
via public transportation
b. the necessity for city dwellers to demonstrate the sophistication
and critical acumen of the urbanite
c. the necessity for city dwellers to put out-of-towners in their
place
d. the necessity for city dwellers to respect social boundaries
when so many people are in close proximity all the
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time - ANSWER-d
4. As the population of developing countries undergoes a
demographic transition in the years to come, what is likely
to be the consequence?
a. The population of these countries will steadily fall.
b. There will be rapid growth of cities as more people migrate
there in search of employment.
c. There will be less famine, and food shortages will decrease.
d. There will be a decrease in religiosity. - ANSWER-b
5. In what way do more recent theories of urbanism differ from the
earlier Chicago School?
a. They focus on the negative social consequences when
strangers occupy the same physical spaces.
b. They focus on the way people interact in public spaces.
c. They stress that urbanism is in response to major patterns of
political and economic change rather than natural
forces.
d. They examine the development of urban culture and how that
contributes to a particular way of life. - ANSWER-d
6. Social problems such as high levels of child poverty, high rates
of motor vehicle fatalities and other accidental
