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Question #1

According to Anthony Downs, there are six anti-sprawl tactics.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #2

Coughlin argues that traffic supply management strategy aims at changing the behavior of the individual by encouraging people to use public transit.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #3

According to Coughlin’s article, how people want to live with other people dictates various policy choices.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #4

Levy discusses eight styles of planning.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #5

According to Levy’s comprehensive planning serves different goals. Economic goal is the relationship between the pattern of development and the fiscal situation of the community.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #6

In the western part of the United States, major cities were not founded until mid-1800.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #7

Creation of sewer systems in the United States has contributed to the design and development of cities.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #8

Urban infrastructure and urban services such as sewer systems and street cleaning were developed in growing cities due to public health concerns.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #9

Home ownership in the United States is deeply interrelated to economic attainment and residential mobility.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #10

According to Anthony Downs, regional coordination and rationalization of land use planning and regional tax-base sharing are the only tactics to address suburban-sprawl issue.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #11

According to Coughlin, the individualist tradition has tended to support policies that afford a more material and technology-assisted lifestyle.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #12

The evolution of mass transit was not important to urban expansion.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #13

Anthony Downs argues that one of the traits for suburban sprawl is high-density residential and commercial settlements.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #14

Diminishing contracts of the Atlantic slave trade by the 1820s led to the demise of the agricultural sector and the creation of industrial cities:

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #15

According to Coughlin, which, if any, of the themes listed below tend to dominate American political conflict in determining policy that affects lifestyle and the use of common resources?

A communitarian

B libertarian

C individualist

D collectivist

E socialist

F all of the above

Question #16

Why couldn’t there have been an industrial revolution without an agricultural revolution?

A rural workers increased their urban migration so there were fewer workers left to farm

B both city workers depended on agricultural goods and rural workers increased their urban migration so there were fewer workers left to farm

C land was not fertile

D city workers depended on agricultural goods

Question #17

When the U.S. Constitution became law in 1787, it granted Congress powers to tax, to borrow and coin money, to regulate commerce and the economy, and it prohibited states from creating their own money. How did this contribute to industrialization within the U.S.?

A it bankrupted the rich

B it took away the President’s power

C it prohibited states from building roads

D it enhanced trade between states

Question #18

Industrial revolution created the demand for which of the following:

A creation of bureaucratic organizations to support factories

B requirement for mass-labor

C creation of housing for workers

D none of the above

E all of the above

Question #19

Before mass transportation was created, ______ was the dominant structure of residential areas because people depended on their feet as the main source of transportation.

A the Green Belt

B the Walking City

C the suburb

D a densely populated city

Question #20

The City Beautiful movement was criticized because:

A it focused exclusively on beautification and physical design

B poverty and social inequality were not its concerns

C it supported the poor

D both poverty and social inequality were not its concerns and it focused exclusively on beautification and physical design

Question #21

Which of the following factors played a role in the development and growth of urban cities in the United States:

A increase in food production due to agricultural advances

B both increase in food production due to agricultural advances and development of transatlantic steam services and transportation system

C refugee migrations only

D development of transatlantic steam services and transportation system

E all of the above

Question #22

The major forces that have contributed to the growth and development of cities are:

A demographic shifts

B technological innovations

C economic and political achievements

D all of the above

Question #23

Under certain circumstances, local governments can utilize police power to take private property for a common good. What is this police power called?

A eminent domain

B industrialization

C land speculation

D the census data

Question #24

According to Anthony Downs, which of the following is/are the reason for concentrated poverty in urban centers.

A housing quality standards is directly correlated with affordability index

B racial segregation

C exclusionary zoning raises local housing cost

D all of the above

Question #25

Which of the following demographic trends, if any, contributed to the population growth of U.S. cities?

A higher fertility rates in cities

B immigration from abroad

C Both higher fertility rates and immigration from abroad

D depopulation of rural areas

E none of the above

F all of the above

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