Deck 8: Choosing a Place to Live

Question 1

In the United States, approximately __________ percent of the population move every year.

A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20

Answer 1

D

Question 2

__________ refers to a permanent change of residence that is too far to continue commuting to the same job.

A) Migration
B) Residential mobility
C) Intraurban migration
D) Emigration

Answer 2

A

Question 3

__________ is a move that allows commuting to the same job.

A) In-migration
B) Residential mobility
C) Emigration
D) Migration

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The text points out that even with existing problems, the federal government's role in promoting homeownership appears to be a good public policy for many reasons. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

A) Homeownership is a potent vaccine toward promoting healthy neighborhoods and communities.
B) High rates of homeownership are associated with stable communities.
C) Homeownership is the major way that working-class Americans create wealth.
D) The building, selling, financing, and furnishing of houses is a major part of our national economy.

Question 5

In 2003, housing construction accounted for __________ percent of the Gross Development Product (GDP).

A) 1.5
B) 2.5
C) 3.5
D) 4.5

Question 6

Wolpert argued that a family's decision to move is a response to a wide range of social, psychological, and economic conditions. All of these factors can be divided into four basic dimensions for use in the analysis of residential mobility. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

A) the family life cycle
B) social mobility
C) the family's emotional attachment to and participation in the neighborhood
D) characteristics of the suburbs

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT one of the stages in the family life cycle?

A) family formation
B) death
C) child-rearing
D) widowhood

Question 8

As a city grows, it reorganizes spatially. In some cases, sub-areas of the city undergo a process known as __________ where a different land use or population displaces the original residents.

A) redlining
B) panic selling
C) invasion-succession
D) downgrading

Question 9

Hoover and Vernon suggested that neighborhoods, like people and families, have a life cycle of five stages. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

A) mortality
B) renewal
C) thinning out
D) transition

Question 10

The predominance of single-family dwellings on spacious lots in the suburban ring provides a physical environment conducive to raising children - the lifestyle called

A) digital nomadism.
B) cosmopolitanism.
C) familism.
D) urban homesteading.

Question 11

The __________ include students, artists, writers, musicians, actors, and members of the professions.

A) childless
B) ethnic villagers
C) digital nomads
D) cosmopolites

Question 12

__________ live in the central city by choice; the forces of tradition and kinship tie the members of these groups to their old neighborhoods.

A) Ethnic villagers
B) Digital nomads
C) Cosmopolites
D) Urban homesteaders

Question 13

The __________ live in the central city of necessity - they are the very poor, the mentally ill, and the physically handicapped.

A) urban homesteaders
B) digital nomads
C) deprived and trapped
D) ethnic villagers

Question 14

__________ are people who have traditionally lived in the suburbs but who have opted for a home in the central city because of unusual housing opportunity.

A) Digital nomads
B) The deprived and trapped
C) Ethnic villagers
D) Urban homesteaders

Question 15

The revolution in communication, computing, and information technologies has created the lifestyle called the __________. These people are citizens of the world - people without nations.

A) digital nomad
B) urban homesteader
C) cosmopolites
D) ethnic villagers

Question 16

Purchasing a new home is the largest investment most Americans make in their lifetimes.

Question 17

It is estimated that between 400,000 and 2 million Americans are homeless.

Question 18

Income is the only factor influencing residential location.

Question 19

The propensity to move is constant throughout the life cycle.

Question 20

Today, for millions of Americans, childlessness is almost always a transitional stage.

Question 21

Explain why housing is important in American society.

Question 22

Outline and briefly describe each of the seven stages of the family life cycle.

Question 23

Identify and describe each of the types of central city residents described by Gans.