Exam 21: Population, Urbanization and the Environment

Primogeniture is best defined as a situation in which:

A major shortcoming of the concentric zone model of urban development is:

Which of the following statements about urbanization is NOT true?

As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, populations become more

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of chain migration?

In the concentric-zone model of the city, the concept of natural areas refers to:

Most Korean immigrants to the United States have settled in rural communities and farm for a living.

An analysis of birthrates in non-Western cities found that:

The term that is applied to how long the average person can expect to live without severe and disabling illness is:

Explain the "decline-of-community"thesis as a factor of urban living.

A migration pattern in which people move from the countryside to the city to join an existing network of friends or relatives is referred to as:

The ecological pattern of disasters occurring with far greater frequency in low-income and minority communities is called:

Gender conflict in urban areas experienced by women is most often in the form of:

Modern social disasters include all of the following EXCEPT:

Compared with modern cities, ancient cities lacked all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a megalopolis?

Not until 1800 did large scale urbanization become possible due to all of the following developments EXCEPT:

When taking a bus trip from Boston to Washington, you notice that it is difficult to tell where one city begins and another ends. The suburbs seem just as crowded as the central cities, so that in the end it looks like one large city rather than many. From these observations you can conclude that you are traveling through:

The renovation of decaying neighborhoods by higher-income newcomers, which often displaces poorer residents, is termed:

All of the following are factors determining the size of a population EXCEPT: