Question 1

Sharon Zukin argues that the "symbolic economy" takes three main forms.Which of the following is NOT one of the forms?

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A)  the imagery, or look and feel of a city
B)  the ecological zones of a city
C)  the concern for profits through real estate and jobs
D)  cultural forms such as museums, parks, and monumentsE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Manual Castells suggested that Wallerstein's approach should be modified to reflect the shift from sources of wealth tied to agriculture and mining, trade, and industrial manufacturing to wealth accumulated through…

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A)  mining and processing of new mined materials.
B)  the creation and manipulation of information.
C)  hyper manufacturing.
D)  the fourth urban revolution.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Explain the urban political economy perspective.Be sure to consider how the urban growth machine and sociospatial perspectives (SSP) extend the approach and try to use examples to strengthen your answer.

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Question 4

The controversy over the attempt by the U.S.Park Service to hide history by ignoring the presence of slave quarters near the Liberty Bell is an example of…

Accepted Answer

A)  urban ecology.
B)  an urban growth machine.
C)  symbolic interactionism.
D)  the politics of place.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 5

Keno capitalism has led to key urban changes including all but one of the following.Which of the following is NOT one of the changes?

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A)  privatopias
B)  cultures of heteropolis
C)  green cities
D)  city as theme park
E)  fortified cityF) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

Urban scholars such as Michael Dear, Mike Davis, and Edward Soja have developed an urban theoretical perspective reflecting a(n)  ________ perspective.

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A)  urban ecological
B)  symbolic interactionist
C)  urban political economy
D)  culturalistE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Castells argues that land-use patterns and urban development can always be seen in terms of who benefits and who loses.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Explain "Keno capitalism" and at least three of the key urban changes associated with it.

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Question 9

If you were emphasizing the role of profit in shaping the physical form of cities, you would be taking the perspective of…

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A)  David Harvey.
B)  Louis Wirth.
C)  Jane Jacob.
D)  Ernest Burgess.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Gilbert emphasizes the need for an integrated politics of place and a politics of identity which would integrate a(n)  ________ politics of place with a recognition of group interests based on people's diverse identities.

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A)  feminist
B)  symbolic interactionist
C)  ecological
D)  sociospatialE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

The struggle over the naming of a neighborhood on New York City's Lower East Side reflects the reality that the meaning of place is a result of…

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A)  consensual place image making alone.
B)  social power and contestation as well as image making.
C)  changing fashions largely unrelated to social power.
D)  the Park Service's designations of the names of certain areas.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Cultural geographers often contrast space and place by emphasizing that while space can be defined more ________, place includes a(n)  ________ aspect.

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A)  objectively; subjective
B)  subjectively; objective
C)  ecologically; political economic
D)  as social inclusion; social exclusionE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Dependency theory suggests that Western societies developed by…

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A)  focusing on the creation of primate cities within each country.
B)  emphasizing the convergence hypothesis.
C)  exploiting less-developed societies and putting them into a state of economic dependency.
D)  developing more rapidly in a fair competition with other societies.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Two approaches that have broadened the urban political economy perspective are…

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A)  the growth machine and the sociospatial perspectives.
B)  urban ecology and symbolic interactionist perspectives.
C)  global economics and global political science perspectives.
D)  industrialization and deindustrialization perspectives.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 15

The problems of modernization theory derive from problems stemming from its roots in…

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A)  structural functionalism and symbolic interactionism.
B)  dependency theory and world system theory.
C)  urban political economy and the new urban sociology.
D)  structural functionalism and evolutionary theory.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 16

From the standpoint of symbolic interactionism, the main criticism of the ecological model is its overemphasis on social psychological factors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Hutter suggests three basic criticisms of modernization theory.Explain two of the criticisms.

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Question 18

Influenced by diffusion theory, proponents of modernization often assumed that urbanization in less-developed countries would…

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A)  not necessarily occur at all.
B)  develop in a series of stages similar to those in nineteenth-century Western cities.
C)  be shaped by the position of each of those countries in the global economy.
D)  develop in ways that are impossible to predict, given the complexity of urbanization.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 19

One major criticism of the Chicago School's ecological model is that it…

Accepted Answer

A)  overemphasizes social psychological factors.
B)  puts too much emphasis on social class and inequality.
C)  underemphasizes the role of competition and the market.
D)  underplays the importance of political and economic factors.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

For urban geographer David Harvey, space is not just a physical phenomenon but also a(n) …

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A)  economic phenomenon.
B)  architectural phenomenon.
C)  biotic phenomenon.
D)  cultural phenomenon.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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