GEO 201 Miami University Exam 1
Questions and Correct Answers
Question 1
Cities were planned as built environments for:
Correct Answer
-economic activity
-production, exchange, consumption, social reproduction
-accumulation of capital
-local economies part of a world system
Question 2
Mississippian Culture
Correct Answer
800 - 1700 AD. Urbanized, organized, sedentary society
Question 3
Theory of political economy & urban transformation
Correct Answer
-cities are integral to the economy
-urban processes are integral to capitalist development
-capitalisms "essential dynamics"
-commodification
-social relations of productions
Question 4
Mercantile capitalism & New York
Correct Answer
NY (1717) trading (sugar from caribbean) w/ slave labor
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, Question 5
The Political-Economy Perspective
Correct Answer
modes of production: social relationships organizing production, trade, & social
reproduction
Question 6
What year did the Baltimore & Ohio RR's open?
Correct Answer
1831
Question 7
Discourse quote
Correct Answer
"Shared meanings which are socially constituted, ideologies, sets of 'common-
sense' assumptions"
Question 8
Geography of Economies
Correct Answer
arrangement of 'economic' activities & relationships, in society & space
Question 9
Romantic Houses
Correct Answer
Greek Revival (1825-1860)
Gothic Revival (1840-1880)
Italianate (1840-1885)
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Questions and Correct Answers
Question 1
Cities were planned as built environments for:
Correct Answer
-economic activity
-production, exchange, consumption, social reproduction
-accumulation of capital
-local economies part of a world system
Question 2
Mississippian Culture
Correct Answer
800 - 1700 AD. Urbanized, organized, sedentary society
Question 3
Theory of political economy & urban transformation
Correct Answer
-cities are integral to the economy
-urban processes are integral to capitalist development
-capitalisms "essential dynamics"
-commodification
-social relations of productions
Question 4
Mercantile capitalism & New York
Correct Answer
NY (1717) trading (sugar from caribbean) w/ slave labor
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, Question 5
The Political-Economy Perspective
Correct Answer
modes of production: social relationships organizing production, trade, & social
reproduction
Question 6
What year did the Baltimore & Ohio RR's open?
Correct Answer
1831
Question 7
Discourse quote
Correct Answer
"Shared meanings which are socially constituted, ideologies, sets of 'common-
sense' assumptions"
Question 8
Geography of Economies
Correct Answer
arrangement of 'economic' activities & relationships, in society & space
Question 9
Romantic Houses
Correct Answer
Greek Revival (1825-1860)
Gothic Revival (1840-1880)
Italianate (1840-1885)
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