Question 1

Why have social networks caused traditional definitions of community to expand?

Accepted Answer

With the growth of communication technology and the rise of the Internet,community can no longer be thought of as something contained within a geographic area.The range of activities in which people participate provides opportunities for the formation of social ties and communities in the home setting,at work,in religious communities,and,of course,online.

Question 2

In the twentieth century,the pace of suburbanization quickened because of all the following EXCEPT __________.

Accepted Answer

A) government subsidies for cars 
B) government subsidies for home ownership 
C) government subsidies for highway construction 
D) government subsidies for gentrification 
A) government subsidies for cars 
B) government subsidies for home ownership 
C) government subsidies for highway construction 
D) government subsidies for gentrification D

Question 3

The social and economic integration of different groups within a city relates directly to the form and spatial layout of city neighborhoods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the new urban poverty that became associated with American cities in the post-civil rights era?

Accepted Answer

A) growing concentrations of the urban poor within a smaller number of extremely high-poverty neighborhoods 
B) severe racial segregation 
C) joblessness 
D) smaller concentrations of the urban poor within a growing number of extremely high-poverty neighborhoods 
A) growing concentrations of the urban poor within a smaller number of extremely high-poverty neighborhoods 
B) severe racial segregation 
C) joblessness 
D) smaller concentrations of the urban poor within a growing number of extremely high-poverty neighborhoods

Question 5

Sociologist Herbert Gans,in his study of community life,focused on __________.

Accepted Answer

A) ecological factors like size,density,and heterogeneity 
B) demographic factors like age,race,occupation,and income 
C) cultural factors like language,religion,and norms of behavior 
D) political factors like conflict and power 
A) ecological factors like size,density,and heterogeneity 
B) demographic factors like age,race,occupation,and income 
C) cultural factors like language,religion,and norms of behavior 
D) political factors like conflict and power

Question 6

Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies one of the causes of the rise of urbanization in the United States during the late nineteen and early twentieth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A) Caroline,a widow,left her rural town seeking a greater sense of community in a bigger city. 
B) Martha was dissatisfied with the education that her children were getting at their backwoods one-room schoolhouse,so she moved her family to a city with an improved school system. 
C) Toby,the son of former slaves,hoped to find employment and tolerance in the North. 
D) William and his family were tired of feeling isolated in their rural town,so they moved to a city where they would have many close neighbors. 
A) Caroline,a widow,left her rural town seeking a greater sense of community in a bigger city. 
B) Martha was dissatisfied with the education that her children were getting at their backwoods one-room schoolhouse,so she moved her family to a city with an improved school system. 
C) Toby,the son of former slaves,hoped to find employment and tolerance in the North. 
D) William and his family were tired of feeling isolated in their rural town,so they moved to a city where they would have many close neighbors.

Question 7

About __________ immigrants are now estimated to live in the United States,an increase of almost __________ from just two decades ago.

Accepted Answer

A) 23 million;11 million 
B) 33 million;20 million 
C) 43 million;20 million 
D) 53 million;30 million 
A) 23 million;11 million 
B) 33 million;20 million 
C) 43 million;20 million 
D) 53 million;30 million

Question 8

What does recent sociological research suggest about online social networks,in terms of how they are changing personal and social life?

Accepted Answer

A) Online social networks may be a poor substitute for voice-to-voice interactions. 
B) Online social networks may be a poor substitute for face-to-face interactions. 
C) Online social networks may expand and enhance our offline social networks. 
D) Online social networks may compete with and undermine our offline social networks. 
A) Online social networks may be a poor substitute for voice-to-voice interactions. 
B) Online social networks may be a poor substitute for face-to-face interactions. 
C) Online social networks may expand and enhance our offline social networks. 
D) Online social networks may compete with and undermine our offline social networks.

Question 9

About 23 million immigrants are now estimated to live in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What are the three pathways to assimilation for immigrants that sociologists have identified?

Accepted Answer

Sociologists have found that immigrants

Question 11

It seems obvious that rural areas foster a greater sense of community and social connectedness than urban areas,but how might cities be able to create a similar feeling of community?

Accepted Answer

A) develop more pedestrian areas where residential sites are interspersed with locally owned businesses 
B) divide residential areas into informally structured communities,each with its own budget,monthly meetings,and informal leaders and officers 
C) establish more formal boundaries to segregate residents with similar interests and demographic factors 
D) strengthen the police force in residential areas to ensure greater feelings of security 
A) develop more pedestrian areas where residential sites are interspersed with locally owned businesses 
B) divide residential areas into informally structured communities,each with its own budget,monthly meetings,and informal leaders and officers 
C) establish more formal boundaries to segregate residents with similar interests and demographic factors 
D) strengthen the police force in residential areas to ensure greater feelings of security

Question 12

Dallas/Fort Worth is an example of an urban form known as a __________.

Accepted Answer

A) biurb 
B) megaurb 
C) polyurb 
D) conurb 
A) biurb 
B) megaurb 
C) polyurb 
D) conurb

Question 13

The main cause of population growth in cities in the nineteenth century was __________.

Accepted Answer

A) increasing life expectancy 
B) increasing numbers of births 
C) migration 
D) higher wages 
A) increasing life expectancy 
B) increasing numbers of births 
C) migration 
D) higher wages

Question 14

__________ is classified as a megacity because its population exceeds __________.

Accepted Answer

A) Denver;1 million 
B) Jacksonville;2 million 
C) Houston;5 million 
D) Lagos;10 million 
A) Denver;1 million 
B) Jacksonville;2 million 
C) Houston;5 million 
D) Lagos;10 million

Question 15

Over the past several decades,__________ have been the fastest growing ethnic groups in rural America.

Accepted Answer

A) Asians and Latinos 
B) Asians and African Americans 
C) African Americans and Latinos 
D) Latinos and whites 
A) Asians and Latinos 
B) Asians and African Americans 
C) African Americans and Latinos 
D) Latinos and whites

Question 16

Descendants of German immigrants,who inhabited Cincinnati's Over the Rhine neighborhood and worked in the city's German-owned breweries,later moved to other parts of the city and found employment in other kinds of businesses.What term do sociologists use to describe this phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A) assimilation 
B) cultural relativism 
C) cultural restructuring 
D) framing 
A) assimilation 
B) cultural relativism 
C) cultural restructuring 
D) framing

Question 17

During the nineteenth century,as agriculture became more mechanized,more people were drawn into rural areas than into cities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Social capital refers to the resources available to individuals through their financial reserves and investment savvy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Although scholars have shown that developers and the business community reaped most of the benefits of the urban renewal policy articulated in the 1949 Housing Act,urban renewal unequivocally improved housing for the poor in blighted neighborhoods that typically lacked social cohesion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In the decades since 1968,when the Fair Housing Act was passed with the hope that it would end the racial segregation of American neighborhoods,racial segregation has __________ in most of America's major cities.

Accepted Answer

A) steadily declined 
B) only slightly declined 
C) steadily increased 
D) slightly increased 
A) steadily declined 
B) only slightly declined 
C) steadily increased 
D) slightly increased

Exam 8: Cities and Communities

Why have social networks caused traditional definitions of community to expand?

In the twentieth century,the pace of suburbanization quickened because of all the following EXCEPT __________.

The social and economic integration of different groups within a city relates directly to the form and spatial layout of city neighborhoods.

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the new urban poverty that became associated with American cities in the post-civil rights era?

Sociologist Herbert Gans,in his study of community life,focused on __________.

Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies one of the causes of the rise of urbanization in the United States during the late nineteen and early twentieth centuries?

About __________ immigrants are now estimated to live in the United States,an increase of almost __________ from just two decades ago.

What does recent sociological research suggest about online social networks,in terms of how they are changing personal and social life?

About 23 million immigrants are now estimated to live in the United States.

What are the three pathways to assimilation for immigrants that sociologists have identified?

It seems obvious that rural areas foster a greater sense of community and social connectedness than urban areas,but how might cities be able to create a similar feeling of community?

Dallas/Fort Worth is an example of an urban form known as a __________.

The main cause of population growth in cities in the nineteenth century was __________.

__________ is classified as a megacity because its population exceeds __________.

Over the past several decades,__________ have been the fastest growing ethnic groups in rural America.

Descendants of German immigrants,who inhabited Cincinnati's Over the Rhine neighborhood and worked in the city's German-owned breweries,later moved to other parts of the city and found employment in other kinds of businesses.What term do sociologists use to describe this phenomenon?

During the nineteenth century,as agriculture became more mechanized,more people were drawn into rural areas than into cities.

Social capital refers to the resources available to individuals through their financial reserves and investment savvy.

Although scholars have shown that developers and the business community reaped most of the benefits of the urban renewal policy articulated in the 1949 Housing Act,urban renewal unequivocally improved housing for the poor in blighted neighborhoods that typically lacked social cohesion.

In the decades since 1968,when the Fair Housing Act was passed with the hope that it would end the racial segregation of American neighborhoods,racial segregation has __________ in most of America's major cities.

The Sociological Imagination

Studying the Social World

Social Interaction

Social Structure

Culture, media, and Communication

Power and Politics

Markets, organizations, and Work

Social Stratification, inequality, and Poverty

Race and Ethnicity

Gender and Sexuality

Immigration

Families and Family Life

Sociology of Religion

Education

Crime, deviance, and Social Control

Social Movements and Revolutions

Environmental Sociology

Population, aging, and Health

Globalization

Social Theory

Filters

About immigrants are now estimated to live in the United States,an increase of almost from just two decades ago.

is classified as a megacity because its population exceeds .