Factors in the urban crisis include_______________?

A. The move of the middle class and industry to the suburbs
B. The inner city,s declining tax base
C. A high percentage of deprived and trapped individuals
D. All of the above

The urban crisis________________?

A. Is intensified by the move of the middle class to the suburbs
B. Has been reduced by urban renewal
C. Has been intensified by gentrification
D. Is well on the way to being resolved

Social organization in the city brought ALL BUT which one of these changes ?

A. The class structure became more rigid
B. Families became nuclear
C. Primary group ties became less important
D. Formal agencies of control multiplied

In developing nations cities are growing along with rural areas because_______________?

A. Of lower death rates
B. Of high birth rates
C. Cultural values encourage large families
D. All of the above

An ecological city is___________________?

A. The central city suburbs and satellites
B. One with a recycling enter
C. One containing a clean water supply for the area
D. Where urban planning originates

A decline in the rural population was due chiefly to________________?

A. Factories
B. The continued improvements in agricultural methods
C. Population size
D. The favor of the local tyrant

The emphasis on rural virtues__________________?

A. Has been reinforced by recent studies
B. Is based on stereotypes
C. Helped democratic representation in the states
D. Gave urban dwellers an inferiority complex

The percentage of people around the world who lived in cities in 2005 is approximately________________?

A. 20 percent
B. 49 percent
C. 50 percent
D. 80 percent

Modern urban sociologists in contrast to the Chicago school believe that cities_______________?

A. Are doomed to total disorganization
B. Are too expensive
C. Stimulate creativity
D. Will revert to rural areas within a short time

suburbanization today is based on__________________?

A. Skin color only
B. Homogeneous families
C. Social class
D. The grass being greener in the suburbs