MCQs of Sociology - Cities and Urban Life – Multiple Choice Question

Question 1 of 20

1. Question

Who wrote The Metropolis and Mental Life (1903)?

Louise Wirth
Robert Park
Georg Simmel
Max Weber

Question 2 of 20

2. Question

In Which year did the urban areas of the world become more populous than rural areas?

1950
1975
1999
2007

Question 3 of 20

3. Question

Which city is forecast to become the largest megacity by 2025?

New York
Mumbai
Beijing
Tokyo

Question 4 of 20

4. Question

What is gentrification?

the movement of the middle classes into suburban areas
a policy aimed at renovating inner-city council housing stock
building shopping centres in cities to create employment
renovation of run-down city neighbourhoods to attract high income groups

Question 5 of 20

5. Question

Why does Mike Davis (1990)describe Los Angeles as a city of quartz?

it has more millionaires than any other city
it has been hardened against the poor
it has been hardened against than any other US city
it has a policy of promoting opportunity for all

Question 6 of 20

6. Question

Which of the following was not a common feature of ancient cities?

walled boundaries
relatively small populations
a strong influence over external
geographically small in size

Question 7 of 20

7. Question

What is urban recycling?

renovating inner-city buildings for occupation by the middle classes
a new domestic waste reduction strategy for inner-city areas
councils buying up cheap housing to turn into commercial developments
refurbishing old buildings and finding new uses for previously used land

Question 8 of 20

8. Question

The theorist who associated city life with the development of a blase attitude was.

Tonnies
Simmel
Weber
Wirth

Question 9 of 20

9. Question

The concept of collective consumption is most closely associated with.

Hervey
Molotch
Castells
Saunders

Question 10 of 20

10. Question

The term collective consumption (Castells 1977) refers to.

the privatization of public services by the Conservative government
the lifestyle practice of shopping in peer groups
the from of tuberculosis suffered by those who collect stamps
the provision of health housing and education services by the state

Question 11 of 20

11. Question

Who described urbanism as a way of life?

Park
Hawley
Wirth
Burgess

Question 12 of 20

12. Question

Which regions of the world currently have the highest and lowest proportions respectively of population living in cities?

Highest Asia Lowest Africa
Highest Europe Lowest Oceania
Highest North America Lowest Africa
Highest Europe Lowest Africa

Question 13 of 20

13. Question

Which of these is not a reason why the rate of urban growth is larger in developing countries?

living in closely connected settlements is a social feature common in developing countries
fertility rates are generally higher in developing countries including among city dwellers
greater job opportunities encourage large-scale internal migration from rural areas to cities
reverse migration(from cities back to rural communities) can be harder in developing societies once a livelihood in a rural community is lost

Question 14 of 20

14. Question

Wirth (1938) said that social relationships in the urban way of life were segmental because.

they were confined to particular areas of the city
people knew each other only through specific situational roles and not as whole rounded individuals
there were distinctive patterns of activity for each social class
they were based on face to face interaction with close friends and family

Question 15 of 20

15. Question

Which of the following is not identified by Fulcher & Scott as a criterion of community?

a shared sense of identity and belonging together
common activities involving all -round relationships
a fixed geographical location
collective action based on common interests

Question 16 of 20

16. Question

Urbanization occurred in the nineteenth century because.

commuters started moving out of villages and into cities
towns and cities were becoming increasingly planned and managed
industrial capitalism led to a shift of population from rural to urban areas
transport systems were not provided so it was easier to live in the city

Question 17 of 20

17. Question

The ecological approach to urban sociology involved studying.

how social groups colonized different areas of the city and competed for resources
the forms of wildlife and natural habitats that could be found on the edges of the city
the way in which people organized collective protests about environmental issues
how men and women used the city,s public spaces differently

Question 18 of 20

18. Question

The decentralized city can be identified by.

the shift of employment and service away from the inner city towards multiple centres in smaller towns and rurla areas
the degendering of public space as women use local facilities more
gentrification the movement of middle class people back into the inner city
all of the above

Question 19 of 20

19. Question

Which of the following is not identified as a new form of community?

ethnic communities based on shard identity and experiences of discrimination
gay villages which are formed in certain parts of large cities
sociological communities formed by unpopular lectures
virtual communities that exist only in cyberspace

Question 20 of 20

20. Question

Cultural restructuring has involved.

regenerating cities in economic decline
turning industrial landscapes into tourist attractions
selling sites and images through the symbolic economy of media advertising
all of the above

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