SP - Chapter 12 Quiz
How many areas are there in a city?
5
The term for a large number of people who live in one place and do not produce their own food is ________.
A City
________________ is achieved when couples average about two children each.
A Replacement Level
Since moving to New York City from a small town in Mississippi, Ellie has lived in isolation and fear. This illustrates:
Alienation
We have designer animals and corn that makes its own insecticide. This is an example of our emerging:
Biotech Society
The research method used by the symbolic interactionists that involves not imposing one's own values or views on others is called ___________.
Chicago School of Sociology
Cretia Mae has lived in a rural area for her entire life. She says that she loves the country life because she has neighbors who care about her and whom she can depend on. This suggests that Cretia Mae appreciates:
Community
____________ suggest that the poor are oppressed by leaders who pursue their own political and economic interests.
Conflict Theorists
Dr. Kunjufu believes that food production is just another tool used by the wealthy to exploit the poor. His ideas are in line with:
Conflict Theory
Violet believes that cities have declined because of policies developed by business owners. Violet's beliefs are in line with:
Conflict Theory
Freda's research focuses on the composition and growth of the human population. Freda's research explores:
Demography
Los Angeles is trying to encourage businesses to relocate in some of the poorer sections of town. The city is establishing:
Empowerment Zones
All of the following would be ideas to implement the Anti-Malthusian position except for which one?
Encourage education of women
True or False: Few states have tried establishing enterprise zones.
False
True or False: In gentrification the pattern is for poor blacks to move into an area of the city occupied by other poor blacks.
False
True or False: The increase in the world's population is coming primarily from the most industrialized nations.
False
_________ suggest that war, natural disasters, disease, and famine hold the world's population in check, ensuring that humans do not outstrip their food supply.
Functionalists
When more affluent people move into an area and rehabilitate its buildings, this is called ________.
Gentrification
The practice of killing babies shortly after birth is called ________.
Infanticide
Negative consequences that were not anticipated are called _________________.
Latent Dysfunctions
When a city's population hits 10 million, it's known as a ____________________.
Megacity
Which of the following is true regarding the availability of food?
More food is available per person now than in the past.
The cities facing the most decline in their regional restratification are in the:
Northeast
____________ occurs when there is a failure to produce enough children to replace people who die.
Population Shrinkage
____________________ explains the tendency of any town or city to expand radially from its central business district.
Redlining
A shift in a region's population, wealth, and power is ___________________.
Regional Stratification
__________________ have affiliates in most major cities and are involved in theft and murder.
Supergangs
Hadassah's research examines how the urban poor in India perceive their own life satisfaction in comparison with others. This research is in line with:
Symbolic Interactionism
Seeing things from another person's perspective is called __________.
Taking the Role of the Other
Helen is a professional who lives and works in Manhattan. She enjoys the arts and entertainment opportunities that are offered by living in a city. She represents:
The Cosmopolites
The number of deaths per 1,000 people is called _______.
The Death Rate
As human populations continue to grow, such as in Africa, they will outpace the food supply. This is the belief of:
The Malthusians
In his research, Elijah Anderson found a group of men who were decent and hardworking. They were known as:
The Regulars
Bob is an elderly man who has no family. He can't afford to move out of the city. He represents:
The Trapped
Thomas Malthus argued that:
The population increases geometrically and the food supply increases arithmetically
True or False: City life increases rates of social problems.
True
True or False: Cosmopolites are professionals who value the convenience and cultural benefits of a city.
True
True or False: During most of its history, Europe was in Stage 1 of the demographic transition.
True
True or False: In our emerging biotech society, bioengineering will produce pest-resistant plants that produce their own fertilizers.
True
True or False: Most of the world's largest cities are in the Least Industrialized Nations.
True
True or False: Replacing buildings does not cure urban problems.
True
True or False: The majority of girl gangs play supportive roles to boy gangs.
True
True or False: Urbanization is highest in the industrialized world.
True
Bob's research focuses on drug dealers and their impact on urban flight. He is studying:
Urban Crisis
Erica's research focuses on the social process whereby cities grow. The focus is on:
Urbanization
__________________ is the movement of masses of people to cities.
Urbanization
Cecelia lives in a small community where they value motherhood and childbirth. This is known as what type of community?
Verstehen
According to Burgess, the central business district of a city is in ___________________.
Zone 1
According to Burgess, the area that encircles the downtown area is___________________.
Zone 2
Taisha lives in the urban slums. According to Burgess, she lives in:
Zone 2
According to Burgess, the better apartment buildings, residential hotels, single-family dwellings, and gated communities where the wealthy live are in ___________________.
Zone 4
According to Burgess, the commuter zone of suburbs and satellite cities are in ___________________.
Zone 5
In Dallas, Texas, most of the car dealerships are clustered together in specific areas. This illustrates:
Zones of Functional Specialties
