The process by which an increasing proportion of a population lives in cites rather than in rural areas is known as
a. migration.
b. industrialization.
c. urbanization.
d. population densitization.
What brought about rapid urbanization?
a. the Industrial Revolution
b. the birth of the factory system
c. the birth of cities
d. the growth of suburbs and outlying areas
A relatively dense and permanent settlement of people who secure their livelihood primarily through nonagricultural activities is known as
a. a city.
b. a suburb.
c. urbanization.
d. industrialization.
According to the text, the primary factor that changed city life forever was
a. high rates of crime.
b. the shifting racial-ethnic composition of central cities.
c. the growth of suburbs and outlying areas.
d. decreasing reliance on agricultural production for the food supply.
The practice of banks and other lenders selling mortgages to investors in the bond market contributed to the housing meltdown of the 2000s.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Some theorists assert that gentrification further
depletes the stock of affordable housing for the poor and pushes low-income people out of an area where they had previously lived.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Rural Americans have greater access to health care than urban dwellers.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Racial isolation in housing is not linked to levels of poverty.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Core nations use the fewest resources compared to peripheral and semiperipheral nations.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
According to conflict theorists, the upper classes
have successfully maintained class-based and sometimes racially based segregation through political control and legal strategies.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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