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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does LeGates write "have their advantage that they are based on consistent methods for acquiring knowledge and a more or less agreed upon body of knowledge"?

2. What is the first of the five zones of the city described in "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project"?

3. Who wrote "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety"?

4. Who is the author of "The Negro Problems of Philadelphia"?

5. What urban sociologist did extensive field research in Black ghettos of Chicago?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does H.D.F. Kitto define "polis" in "The Polis"?

2. What type of dwelling and community is described in "Levittown and America"? What does the author conclude?

3. What is The City Reader aimed at in the academic setting? What authors in the selection have specialties in the field of urban study?

4. What does Richard LeGates discuss in terms of discipline within academia in the Introduction?

5. What city does Pirenne discuss in "Cities and European Civilization"? How does he describe it?

6. How does "The Urbanization of the Human Population" explain urbanization in relation to human development?

7. How is The City Reader structured as an anthology?

8. How many Americans lived in urban areas in 1960, according to Kingsley Davis? How did this change?

9. What are examples of "boundaries" as defined by Kevin Lynch? What are nodes?

10. What works of W.E.B. Dubois are in the collection? What does Dubois center on in his writing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the traditional ages in comparison with V. Gordon Childe's distinctions of historical eras. How does Childe's view differ?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the three models presented by Louis Wirth in "Urbanism as a Way of Life." Which of these models do they most relate to or prefer? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact of the Industrial Revolution on urbanization and how this relates to Davis' S curve theory. Where is our civilization today in Davis' model?

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