UP 100 Quiz 5

Which of the following is not part of Berlin's iconic landscape today?

( )Potsdamer Platz (x) Akershus Castle ( )Brandenburg Gate ( )Kurfustendamm (Ku'damm)

Examples of the methods by which the European Union has influenced cities and planning in Europe include all of the following except:

( )producing policy and planning guidelines, such as the Green Paper on the Urban Environment. ( )providing assistance funds, such as the Cohesion Fund or European Regional Development Fund. (x )forcibly relocating residents to reduce crowding in large cities, such as the European De-crowding Initiative. ( )promoting programs to boost local cultures and traditions, such as the European Capitals of Culture program.

Which of the following does not represent the growth of ethnic diversity in European cities?

( )the popularity of ethnic foods (x)cities being renamed ( )the presence of ethnic enclaves ( )the popularity of Muslim given names

All of these are former communist cities that are now competing globally for investors except:

(x) Madrid ( )Warsaw ( )Dresden ( )Budapest

In Dublin, the Moore Street market traditionally was populated by small family-owned businesses. These businesses were in decline until which event occurred?

African and Chinese immigrants revived the tradition of Moore Street by opening their own small-scale retail spaces.

Brexit:

At present, what process is driving the relocation of some financial institutions out of London and into other European cities?

Which European city was politically and physically divided into two parts for a significant portion of the Cold War?

Berlin

Geographer Roger Brunet identified the core of Europe as a curving urban corridor of high-tech industries and services which he called the:

Blue Banana

What city is often thought of as the capital of Europe because it serves as the European Union's administrative headquarters?

Brussels

Barcelona, though located in a Spanish-speaking country, is a bilingual city. What language other than Spanish is commonly seen on the landscape and heard in Barcelona and the surrounding region?

Catalan

What period of urban history began in the Midlands of England in the 1700s, sparking massive rural-to-urban migration and changing the structure of cities?

Industrial Period

The highest-ranking Alpha-class world cities in Europe are:

London and Paris

Salons de the (tea houses) on the streets of Brussels and other European cities provide social space for immigrant men from what part of the world?

North Africa

Which one of the following landmark buildings is NOT correctly associated with the city where it is located?

Notre Dame Cathedral - Paris (x)The Galleria - Rome The Shard - London La Sagrada Familia (basilica of the Holy Family) - Barcelona

Controversy over the cultural landscape of what city followed the construction of a glass pyramid in the 19th century forecourt of the Louvre?

Paris

Which one of the following cities is both a primate city and a national capital?

Paris

Shanghai and Singapore are the world's largest ports. What city hosts Europe's largest port?

Rotterdam

Immigrants from India brought chicken tikka masela to London. What immigrant group brought the doner kebob to Berlin?

Turks

Cities in Europe are trying to replicate the Bilbao effect by:

hiring "star-chitects" to design and build museums that will attract tourists and commerce.

What did the communist regimes of Eastern European countries build to remedy the tremendous housing shortfalls following World War II?

housing estates on the urban periphery consisting of multistory apartment blocks

The highest concentration of Muslims in France is:

in poorly serviced, public high-rise apartments in Paris' grande couronne.

International migrants to cities on the European mainland:

often live in enclaves largely dominated by a single ethnic group.

Bucharest's landscape was transformed by Romanian President Ceaucescu after he came to power in 1966. Which one of the following is not part of Ceaucescu's legacy?

preservation of the city's historic central areas

European cities are known for their:

high density and compact form

In the Mediterranean city model of urban land use:

a retail corridor runs from the old commercial core to the train station.

In ancient Greek cities, such as Athens, the "high city" was called the:

acropolis

According to concentric zone theory, which one of the following would be located farthest from the city center in northwestern European cities?

automobile suburbs

Other than surrounding ramparts, what were the two most prominent elements of most urban landscapes during Europe's medieval period?

cathedral and market square

What was the most influential force in molding the landscapes of Eastern European cities from the 1950s through the 1980s?

centralized planning

Ways in which landmarks are tied to the identity of cities include:

commemorating the history of a place. adding distinctive silhouettes to the skyline. representing major economic forces in a city.

The creation of new towns focused around specific industries, as seen in Eastern Europe during the communist era, is an example of:

decentralization

London:

developed around two centers: "The City" and Westminster.

Leninvaros in Hungary was renamed Tiszauvaros, and Kael-Marx-Stadt in Germany was renamed Chemnitz as a direct result of the:

fall of communism.

The movement of relatively more affluent residents into traditionally poorer neighborhoods is:

gentrification

Which of the following is an example of contemporary urban agriculture in Europe?

rooftop and patio gardens with vegetables and beehives. apartment tenants raising their own chickens in London and Rome. old allotments in London being returned to gardening

The reason why many European countries are moving to create governments at the metropolitan scale is that:

smaller and fragmented administrative units are less effective for planning development and sustainability.

Between the 1950s and the 1980s, cities of Eastern Europe could be described as:

socialist cities shaped by communist regimes.

Oslo is:

the city where the Nobel Peace Prize is announced annually. a city in which nature reserves comprise two-thirds of its territory. a port city as well as a capital city.

Over the course of European history, various circumstances have spurred new urban planning initiatives. These include:

the devastation of cities during World War II. uncontrolled growth of cities during the industrial era. declining population and economic growth starting in the late 20th century.

In world cities such as London and Paris, the most visible group of people on the streets of the CBD is:

young professionals