Deck 2: Urbanization

Question 1

Defined Land Use patterns emerged prior to the industrial city.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Technological development of transport played a key role in urbanization.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Public Policy has contributed significantly to the development of the suburb.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Edge Cities are central cities that were marginalized by the rise of the suburb.

Question 5

Suburban regions contain most, if not all, of the functions formerly performed by cities.

Question 6

Federal mortgage insurance was a policy that contributed significantly to suburbanization.

Question 7

The development of the highway system and motor truck facilitated the centralization of industry.

Question 8

The Farm population has steadily declined for over a century.

Question 9

The Great Depression revealed problems with home finance that prompted federal action that resulted in the creation of the Federal Housing Administration.

Question 10

The trend of decentralization of employment continues to occur

Question 11

Older suburbs are maintaining their resident population despite the developments that are emerging even further out

Question 12

The growth of the United States has long been characterized by

A) Agriculture
B) Banking
C) Capitalism
D) Mobility

Question 13

Suburbanization was first promoted with the emergence of the

A) Trolley Car
B) Industrial City
C) Middle Class
D) Railroad

Question 14

Between 1890 and 1920, what was seen as a major threat to public health within urban areas?

A) Rats
B) Immigrants
C) Smoking
D) Meat Packing Plants

Question 15

After World War II, what caused suburbs to be located further away from the central city?

A) Air Pollution
B) The Desire to Farm
C) Highways
D) Cheaper Land

Question 16

An area created and shaped by transportation is referred to as

A) An Edge City
B) A suburb
C) A Financial Center
D) An Industrial Center

Question 17

How has the federal government exerted a major influence on the scale and character of urbanization?

A) Financial Aid for Housing
B) Buliding the highway nework
C) Creation of Military Bases
D) All of the Above

Question 18

The most important contribution of public policy to the suburbanization process has been

A) The Depression
B) Federal Mortgage Insurance
C) The Desire on the part of Americans to own a single family home
D) None of the Above

Question 19

At the end of the 19th century, suburbs grew at a remarkable rate along

A) Streetcar Lines
B) Rivers
C) Hihgways
D) All of the Above