Deck 1: The New Urban Sociology

Question 1

Which of the following terms refers to the built environment in which people live?

A) Cityscape
B) Settlement space
C) Architecture
D) Landscape

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is the approach to urban sociology which draws on geography, urban planning, political economy, and sociology in examining metropolitan social life?

A) The sociospatial perspective
B) Urbanization
C) Development oriented analysis
D) Cultural interpretation

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What are urban realms?

A) Neighborhoods with unique ethnic identities
B) Mixed-use development space with unique patterns and characteristics of branding and imagery
C) Agglomerated metropolitan regions
D) Areas that compose the urban region, which are differentiated by physical terrain, physical size, the level and kinds of physical activity within the area

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is a term for rapid growth and overwhelming sprawl of cities often observed in cities of the developing world today?

A) Sociospatial expansion
B) Hyperurbanization
C) Regional attachment
D) Productive disbursement

Question 5

About how much of the world's population lives in urban areas today?

A) 45.1%
B) 54.5%
C) 59.4%
D) 63.7%

Question 6

Illustrating the uneven nature of urban growth, which cities grew and which cities lost population between 2000 and 2010?

A) Detroit and New Orleans grew in population, while Houston and Phoenix last population
B) Detroit and New Orleans lost population, while Houston and Phoenix grew in population
C) Detroit and Phoenix lost population, while New Orleans and Houston grew in population
D) Detroit, Houston, Phoenix, and New Orleans all grew in population during this time

Question 7

Which US metropolitan region had about 20 million people in 2016?

A) New York, NY
B) Los Angeles, CA
C) San Francisco, CA
D) Washington, D.C.

Question 8

When did the US Bureau of the Census begin examining regional metropolitan growth?

A) 1920
B) 1950
C) 1970
D) 1990

Question 9

Which of the following is true about cities and metropolitan regions?

A) In many metropolitan regions, the population of the dense areas in the central city are often much greater than the suburban areas of the region.
B) In many metropolitan regions, the population of the suburban areas in the region are often much greater than the central city.
C) The metropolitan regions of the US south and southwest have grown rapidly since 1970.
D) Answers A and C
E) Answers B and C

Question 10

How many metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) did the US Office of Management and Budget identify in the US and Puerto Rico in 2015?

A) 52
B) 107
C) 225
D) 389
E) 506

Question 11

What does it mean to say that we live in an urbanizing world?

Question 12

What is the sociospatial perspective and how does it provide a unique and useful framework with which to study urban social life?

Question 13

What are multicentered metropolitan regions, or MCMR's? Why does it make sense to study urban social life from a regional perspective?

Question 14

What are some data points that illustrate the variability and uneven nature of urban growth?

Question 15

What does global capitalism have to do with metropolitan social life?

Question 16

Why is culture important for understanding metropolitan social life?