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31.In the U.S., 200 hundred years ago, 90% of the population lived in rural areas; today, __________ percent of the U.S. population is urbanized. a.61c.81 b.71d.91 32.A __________ consists of a central city and surrounding smaller cities that function as an integrated economy. a.metropolitan area b.megalopolis c.Metropolitan Statistical Area d.Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area 33.A __________is a system of several metropolitan areas and their surrounding suburbs that expand until they overlap? a.Metropolitan Statistical Area b.megalopolis c.Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area d.   traffic nightmare 34.The Census Bureau designates a __________ as a central city of at least 50,000 people and its adjacent urbanized areas. a.metropolitan area b.megalopolis c.Metropolitan Statistical Area d.Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area 35.According to the text’s discussion of America’s suburbs: a.the suburbanization of racial and ethnic groups is beginning to catch up with whites. b.generally, upper-income blacks are no more likely to live near whites than are lower-income blacks. c.in measures of racial segregation alone, the outer city suburbs contain the new ghettos. d.all of the above 36.__________ refers to the renovation of specific working-class or poor neighborhoods to attract new, affluent residents. a.Gentrificationc.Exurbanization b.Suburbanizationd.Environmentalization 37.The field that is interested in determining the relationships between urban populations and their physical and spatial environments is known as: a.urbanization.c.urban environmentalism. b.urban ecology.d.urban policy study. 38.In their research involving the relationships between urban populations and their physical and spatial environments, Park and his colleagues determined that: a.urban expansion was propelled by technological progress and competition for scarce land, and the result was a distribution of population according to land use patterns. b.human competition shaped cities in an “unnatural” way. c.urban growth occurs according to transportation lines. d.all of the above 39.Studies of urban poverty areas around the world have led to which of the following conclusions? a.Communities, as referred to in rural life, are primarily nonexistent in urban areas. b.When faced with a potentially alienating urban environment, city dwellers all over the world mark their neighborhoods with distinctive, self-chosen ways of life. c.Social isolation and alienation are caused by life in poor urban areas. d.In spite of efforts to do so, urban dwellers have not developed a sense of community. 40.According to the text, the new urban sociology: a.focuses on social inequality and conflict. b.is re-emphasizing the “natural” forces of the Chicago School theories. c.analyzes cities by land use patterns and transportation lines. d.all of the above