Cities and Urban Life 6th Edition by John J. Macionis – Test Bank

Test Bank for Chapter 1

 

Multiple Choice

 

1. While only 9% of the world’s population lived in cities in 1900, approximately what percent will be city dwellers in 2030 if present trends continue?
2. 30%

* b. 60%

1. 80%
2. 90%

 

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2. Although the human species has existed on the earth for at least 100,000 years, cities began to appear how many years ago?
3. 50,000
4. 25,000

* c. 10,000

1. 5,000

 

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3. What city did Richard Henry Dana allude to in his classic Two Years Before the Mast?
4. New York
5. Pittsburgh
6. Boston

* d. San Francisco

 

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4. Although historians have studied cities for centuries, in which of the academic disciplines listed below were cities first studied systematically?
5. economics
6. political economy

* c. sociology

1. political science

 

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5. When did early sociologists begin to turn their attentions to cities?
6. the late 17^th century
7. the mid-18^th century

* c. the late 19^th century

1. the mid-20^th century

 

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6. Early scholars of urbanization portrayed the city as:
7. a place of unlimited opportunity

* b. a dangerous place where community and family were threatened

1. a place where both opportunity and danger coexisted
2. the main cause of industrialization

 

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