Cities in the least developed nations today differ from cities in the developed world in that:
a. little of their growth is due to natural population growth.
b. many have never been industrial cities.
c. they offer too many working-class jobs.
d. they are planned communities.
Question 2The annual growth rate of cities such as Mexico City, Sao Paulo, and Calcutta is:
a. negative.
b. quite slow.
c. quite rapid.
d. 100.
Question 3The metropolitan population refers to those who live:
a. in the central city.
b. within the city limits.
c. outside the central city, but in the balance of the county.
d. anywhere in a metropolitan county.
Question 4Bradbury County has about 100,000 residents spread across dozens of small communities. The county seat, Phillipsburg, is the largest city in the county with 18,000 residents. Many of the people who live in Bradbury County work in the neighboring county, which includes Philadelphia. According to the definitions in the text:
a. Bradbury County is nonmetropolitan.
b. Bradbury County is metropolitan.
c. Bradbury County is nonmetropolitan, but Phillipsburg is metropolitan.
d. Bradbury County is metropolitan, but Phillipsburg is nonmetropolitan.
Question 5Which of the following is a characteristic of a nonmetropolitan county?
a. It is not socially or economically tied to a county with a major city.
b. It has no cities with populations larger than 25,000 in it.
c. It has no urban residents.
d. It is at least 75 miles from a major city.
Question 6Suburban areas that have developed an existence separate from the cities they were once connected to are called:
a. metropolitan areas.
b. consolidated zones.
c. edge cities.
d. nonmetropolitan areas.
Question 7The industrial city was a product of a manufacturing economy and a relatively immobile labor force. It has been suggested that one element has been the chief architect of American cities since 1950 . This has been:
a. the growth in single family homes.
b. the change to a secondary mode of production.
c. greater consolidation of production units.
d. the automobile.
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