SOC Ch 20 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH REVISED ANSWERS GRADED A+
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SOC Ch 20 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH REVISED ANSWERS GRADED A+
How does gentrification affect cities?
A) They become more crowded.
B) Less affluent residents are pushed into less desirable areas.
C) Traffic issues, including pollution, become worse.
D) All of the above - Answer-B) Less affluent resid...
SOC Ch 20 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
REVISED ANSWERS GRADED A+
How does gentrification affect cities?
A) They become more crowded.
B) Less affluent residents are pushed into less desirable areas.
C) Traffic issues, including pollution, become worse.
D) All of the above - Answer-B) Less affluent residents are pushed into less desirable
areas.
What does human ecology theory address?
A) The relationship between humans and their environments
B) The way humans affect technology
C) The way the human population reduces the variety of nonhuman species
D) The relationship between humans and other species - Answer-A) The relationship
between humans and their environments
Urbanization includes the sociological study of what?
A) Urban economics
B) Urban politics
C) Urban environments
D) All of the above - Answer-D) All of the above
asylum-seekers - Answer-those whose claim to refugee status have not been validated
concentric zone model - Answer-a model of human ecology that views cities as a series
of circular rings or zones
exurbs - Answer-communities that arise farther out than the suburbs and are typically
populated by residents of high socioeconomic status
gentrification - Answer-the entry of upper- and middle-class residents to city areas or
communities that have been historically less affluent
human ecology - Answer-a functional perspective that looks at the relationship between
people and their built and natural environment
internally displaced person - Answer-someone who fled his or her home while remaining
inside the country's borders
megalopolis - Answer-a large urban corridor that encompasses several cities and their
surrounding suburbs and exurbs
, metropolis - Answer-the area that includes a city and its suburbs and exurbs
refugee - Answer-an individual who has been forced to leave their country in order to
escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
suburbs - Answer-the communities surrounding cities, typically close enough for a daily
commute
sustainable development - Answer-development that occurs without depleting or
damaging the natural environment
urban sociology - Answer-the subfield of sociology that focuses on the study of
urbanization
urbanization - Answer-the study of the social, political, and economic relationships of
cities
white flight - Answer-the migration of economically secure white people from racially
mixed urban areas toward the suburbs
The "tragedy of the commons" is a reference to what?
A) Global warming
B) African landowners
C) The common grazing lands in Oxford
D) The misuse of private space - Answer-C) The common grazing lands in Oxford
cancer cluster - Answer-a geographic area with high levels of cancer within its
population
fracking - Answer-hydraulic fracturing, a method used to recover gas and oil from shale
by drilling down into the earth and directing a high-pressure mixture of water, sand, and
proprietary chemicals into the rock
The population of the planet doubled in fifty years to reach _______ in 1999?
A) 6 billion
B) 7 billion
C) 5 billion
D) 10 billion - Answer-A) 6 billion
A functionalist would address which issue?
A) The way inner-city areas become ghettoized and limit availability to jobs
B) The way immigration and emigration trends strengthen global relationships
C) The way racism and sexism impact the population composition of rural communities
D) The way humans interact with environmental resources on a daily basis - Answer-B)
The way immigration and emigration trends strengthen global relationships
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