Deck 10: The Suburbanization Process

Question 1

Defined broadly as that area outside the central city but within the boundaries of the metropolitan statistical area, suburbs now hold __________ million of the nation's 281 million people.

A) 27.4
B) 57.4
C) 107.4
D) 157.4

Answer 1

D

Question 2

During the 1950s, which of the following is/are among the observations of students of the city about the suburbs?

A) As the middle and upper classes moved to the suburbs, the city would be deprived of its traditional leadership.
B) The problems of poverty and racism would be reduced substantially by suburbanization.
C) The movement of the middle class to the suburbs would enhance the city's tax base.
D) none of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

During the decade ending in 1900, the United States population was growing at a rate of __________ persons per year.

A) 150,000
B) 550,000
C) 750,000
D) 1.3 million

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In the decades between World War I and World War II, the __________ became the dominant form of intraurban transportation in the United States.

A) streetcar
B) bus
C) automobile
D) train

Question 5

The text observes that the central areas of many older, industrial cities were undesirable in several respects. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

A) The housing was old and lacked the modern conveniences that the middle class had come to expect in a suburban home.
B) Real estate was generally too expensive.
C) Pollution from industry and high density made central-city locations undesirable in some cities.
D) In many cities, the only available land was in the fringe.

Question 6

According to Joe Garreau, a(n) __________ is a major concentration of retailing, employment, entertainment, and other activities formerly found only in the central business district.

A) edge city
B) suburb
C) boomburb
D) inner-city

Question 7

A(n) __________ is composed of a central city with at least 50,000 or more people and with one or more counties that are politically, socially, and economically dependent on the central city.

A) suburb
B) edge city
C) metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
D) downtown

Question 8

In 2000, __________ percent of Americans lived in metropolitan areas.

A) 50.3
B) 60.3
C) 70.3
D) 80.3

Question 9

In 2001, Robert Lang and Patrick Simmons introduced the term __________ to describe a new type of large, rapidly growing suburban city that emerged in the latter part of the twentieth century - places with more than 100,000 residents that are not the largest city in their metropolitan areas.

A) edge city
B) boomburb
C) metropolitan statistical area
D) metrocomplex

Question 10

The text points out that Fordism disappeared in the 1970s and a new set of economic arrangements called post-Fordism or __________ production took its place.

A) assembly-line
B) restricted
C) flexible
D) urban

Question 11

Today, __________ out of ten Americans can expect to live to retirement age, and as a result people over 65 are the fastest-growing segment of our population.

A) nine
B) eight
C) seven
D) six

Question 12

Nationally, __________ percent of whites now live in suburbs.

A) 41
B) 51
C) 61
D) nearly 71

Question 13

If we limit the analysis to metropolitan areas of over a million residents, almost half of the minorities lived in the suburbs in 2000, compared to just over 40 percent a decade ago. This surge in minority representation in suburbs has been concentrated in just 35 metropolitan areas that William Frey describes as

A) melting-pot metros.
B) edge cities.
C) boomburbs.
D) metropolitan statistical areas.

Question 14

Across America's cities, African Americans are pulling out of central cities and moving to the suburbs. Some observers have referred to this trend as "black

A) exodus."
B) lemmings."
C) flight."
D) reduction."

Question 15

M.P. Baumgartner's analysis of middle-class suburbs revealed that residents had shallow, single-stranded relationships with others and, as a result, they used avoidance as their major strategy for dealing with the petty day-to-day problems of life. Baumgartner referred to this phenomenon as

A) boomburb syndrome.
B) moral minimalism.
C) urban alienation.
D) suburban depression.

Question 16

With the exception of a few years in the 1970s, cities have grown faster than rural areas since 1820.

Question 17

In the 1920s, central cities grew faster than the suburbs in 70 percent of all United States metropolitan districts.

Question 18

In terms of sheer numbers, the post-World War II period was the decade of the greatest suburban expansion in Unites States history.

Question 19

In the 1970s and 1980s, downtowns in most metropolitan areas became ghost towns at night.

Question 20

Most of the rapidly growing metropolitan areas east of the Mississippi, such as Atlanta, have what Robert Lang and Patrick Simmons refer to as "boomburbs."

Question 21

Compared to more recent decades, describe the suburban image during the 1950s in the United States.

Question 22

Provide a detailed description of Census 2000's portrait of America's suburbs.

Question 23

What are "boomburbs?" Give several examples in your answer.