Metro Exam 3 questions with verified
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T/F Nearly the same proportion of poor people in US live in the suburbs, compare to
central/principal cities - correct answer ✔✔ True
Who is most associated with the urban redevelopment project in harbor Place, Baltimore
Market, East Philadelphia, Faneuil Hall, Boston, and Columbia Maryland - correct answer ✔✔
James Rouse
T/F Marx regarded capitalism as a barrier to advancement of civilization - correct answer ✔✔
True
Which of the following areas contains the highest concentration of poverty - correct answer ✔✔
Central Cities
the region of the world that can expect greatest rate of natural increase in human population in
the coming decades is .... - correct answer ✔✔ Subsaharan Africa
Which of the following was defined in text and lecture as "the reduction of cost or spending in
response to economic difficulty"? - correct answer ✔✔ an automatic form of dependence
Durkheim saw : organic solidarity" as... - correct answer ✔✔ a social order based on a complex
division of labor
according to theories by Harvey and Lefebvre, in a capitalist system the main flow of money is
from investors into materials and labor costs. These sales generate profits for still more
manufacturing ventures. This relates to the..... - correct answer ✔✔ primary circuit of capitalism
, T/F one man contribution of the European tradition of Urban Sociology was the simple notion
that something distinctive exists about cities and the way of life they create - correct answer
✔✔ True
T/F while lack of access to clean drinking water was a major cause of death in the past, it is no
longer a leading cause of death globally thanks to various world bank programs - correct answer
✔✔ false
T/F critical Urban theorists tend to think that government is no longer relevant in our highly
transactional society - correct answer ✔✔ false
T/F while top 30 metropolitan areas in 1950 were primarily more developed counties, a growing
share of that list of citied include cities in peripheral or semi-peripheral counties by 2010 -
correct answer ✔✔ true
Welfare is... - correct answer ✔✔ a market system in which the government provides workers
w/ subsidies
T/F according to Marx and Engles, "false consciousness" refers to a misinterpretation of reality
by accepting the dominant groups viens and not realizing one's situation in result of exploitation
- correct answer ✔✔ true
Which theorist was focused most heavily on development of subcultures in cities? - correct
answer ✔✔ Fischer
one method of of determining "class" of an individual or group of people is to use the
__________________ method, which asks people to compare others to themselves - correct
answer ✔✔ Repetitional
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T/F Nearly the same proportion of poor people in US live in the suburbs, compare to
central/principal cities - correct answer ✔✔ True
Who is most associated with the urban redevelopment project in harbor Place, Baltimore
Market, East Philadelphia, Faneuil Hall, Boston, and Columbia Maryland - correct answer ✔✔
James Rouse
T/F Marx regarded capitalism as a barrier to advancement of civilization - correct answer ✔✔
True
Which of the following areas contains the highest concentration of poverty - correct answer ✔✔
Central Cities
the region of the world that can expect greatest rate of natural increase in human population in
the coming decades is .... - correct answer ✔✔ Subsaharan Africa
Which of the following was defined in text and lecture as "the reduction of cost or spending in
response to economic difficulty"? - correct answer ✔✔ an automatic form of dependence
Durkheim saw : organic solidarity" as... - correct answer ✔✔ a social order based on a complex
division of labor
according to theories by Harvey and Lefebvre, in a capitalist system the main flow of money is
from investors into materials and labor costs. These sales generate profits for still more
manufacturing ventures. This relates to the..... - correct answer ✔✔ primary circuit of capitalism
, T/F one man contribution of the European tradition of Urban Sociology was the simple notion
that something distinctive exists about cities and the way of life they create - correct answer
✔✔ True
T/F while lack of access to clean drinking water was a major cause of death in the past, it is no
longer a leading cause of death globally thanks to various world bank programs - correct answer
✔✔ false
T/F critical Urban theorists tend to think that government is no longer relevant in our highly
transactional society - correct answer ✔✔ false
T/F while top 30 metropolitan areas in 1950 were primarily more developed counties, a growing
share of that list of citied include cities in peripheral or semi-peripheral counties by 2010 -
correct answer ✔✔ true
Welfare is... - correct answer ✔✔ a market system in which the government provides workers
w/ subsidies
T/F according to Marx and Engles, "false consciousness" refers to a misinterpretation of reality
by accepting the dominant groups viens and not realizing one's situation in result of exploitation
- correct answer ✔✔ true
Which theorist was focused most heavily on development of subcultures in cities? - correct
answer ✔✔ Fischer
one method of of determining "class" of an individual or group of people is to use the
__________________ method, which asks people to compare others to themselves - correct
answer ✔✔ Repetitional
