Question 1

Transportation technology, such as trolley services and commuter rail has historically been both the cause and the means of residential suburban development.

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False

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT among the examples of satellite cities discussed in the chapter?

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B

Question 3

Which of the following are among Taylor's (1915) explanation for the creation of satellite cities?

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Taylor's (1915) explanation for the creation of satellite cities includes cheaper real estate and wide property to accommodate assembly line construction (A), as well as the hope of avoiding union organizing activities which were concentrated in cities (B). Shipping efficiency (C) is not listed as one of Taylor's explanations. Therefore, the best choice is D - Answers A and B.

Question 4

Which city commonly associated with the steel industry discussed in the chapter saw its manufacturing workforce decline from 32 to 144 percent of the labor force between 1930 and 1980?

Accepted Answer

The chapter discusses how Pittsburgh, PA, a city commonly associated with the steel industry, saw its manufacturing workforce decline drastically from 32% to 14% of the labor force between 1930 and 1980.

Question 5

A bifurcated labor market comprised of two layers - a core of nodal services forming the focus of internationally important economic growth that employs highly trained professionals, and a second segment of relatively low-paid service workers who clean the buildings and maintain the landscaped areas and provide other low-skilled services, describes what kind of city?

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The description of a bifurcated labor market with highly trained professionals in nodal services and low-paid service workers suggests a city that is part of the globalized economy, where high-skilled jobs are in demand and lower-skilled service jobs are outsourced or automated. This is not necessarily specific to a particular type of city or region, but rather a trend seen in many urban areas around the world.

Question 6

In what year did the US Census find that for the first time more people were living in suburbs than in other settlement spaces?

Accepted Answer

According to the United States Census Bureau, the year when more people were living in suburbs than in other settlement spaces was in 1970.

Question 7

In 2016, about what proportion of the US population lived in metropolitan regions, including cities and suburbs?

Accepted Answer

In 2016, approximately 81% of the US population lived in metropolitan regions, which include both cities and their surrounding suburbs. This reflects the ongoing trend of urbanization in the United States.

Question 8

Blacks are overrepresented in the central city and underrepresented in the suburbs relative to their total population.

Accepted Answer

This is a well-documented trend in many urban areas in the United States. It is often attributed to historical patterns of segregation and discrimination that have led to disparities in economic opportunities and access to housing.

Question 9

What is the term for policies involving local control over land use and building codes that prohibits the building of low- or moderately priced housing and exacerbates racial and class segregation?

Accepted Answer

Exclusionary zoning refers to zoning policies that intentionally use land use and building codes to prevent the construction of affordable housing, which often results in racial and economic segregation.

Question 10

The last enclosed mall built in the US was built in what year?

Accepted Answer

The last enclosed mall built in the US was the City Creek Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, which opened in 2012. Therefore, the correct answer is 2011 as this would have been the year before its opening.

Question 11

Almost all of the forty-five New York City based Fortune 500 companies are in which sector of the economy?

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The question states that almost all (which means the majority) of the Fortune 500 companies based in New York City are in which sector of the economy. The most dominant sector of the economy in New York City is the financial sector, which includes banks, stock exchanges, and insurance companies. Therefore, the best choice is A) the financial sector.

Question 12

Urbanization in a pattern of deconcentration of commercial, retail, and government services in the city center and the reconcentration of these land uses in functionally specialized regional minicenters is a hallmark of which era of urban development in which place?

Accepted Answer

This pattern of urban development is characteristic of the era of global capitalism, where economic activities are not centralized in one city center but are spread out across various specialized regional centers. This reflects the global distribution of economic activities and the decentralization of services and industries to leverage different regional advantages.

Question 13

What is the term for the settlement space produced by the combined deconcentration and reconcentration, with population and societal activities moving away from historical city centers, and a reconcentration in minicenters across the region?

Accepted Answer

The settlement space described in the question is best known as a multicentered metropolitan region (MCMR), which is characterized by deconcentration and reconcentration of population and activities across multiple centers within a region. Option B, polka-dot metropolis, is a similar concept but typically refers to a region with scattered, isolated development nodes rather than a more cohesive multicentered region. Options C and D do not accurately describe the phenomenon described in the question.

Question 14

What is the term for the combination of workers who are "off the books," goods produced in unregulated factories with nonunionized and undocumented laborers, goods and services produced and exchanged for barter (i.e., not cash but in kind), and goods and services sold without regulation on the streets?

Accepted Answer

The term for this combination is the informal economy. It includes work that is not regulated, not taxed, and not included in national income calculations. This includes informal employment, which is often temporary and part-time work, self-employment, unpaid family work, and "off the books" work. It also includes informal production, which is often done in unregulated factories or at home, and informal exchange, which includes bartering and selling goods and services on the streets without regulation. The informal economy makes up a significant portion of the global economy, especially in developing countries.

Question 15

What is suburbanzition? What are some specific examples and what does it look like?

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Question 16

Define and describe the concept of the multicentered metropolitan region.

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Question 17

Explain the role of government policies, from federal housing policies to local exclusionary zoning practices, in shaping the housing market and patterns of suburbanization and residential segregation.

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Question 18

How has economic restructuring and globalization re-shaped settlement patterns across multicentered metropolitan regions?

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Question 19

What is the sun belt? Compare and contrast the development of settlement space in the sun belt with other areas of the US.

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Quiz 5: Suburbanization Globalization and Emergence of the Mcmr