A. many small farmers
B. greater productivity of farms because of mechanization
C. increase in rural population
D. artificial food production
Miscellaneous Economics Mcqs
A countertrend observable since the 1950s is……………….?
A. a great increase in population in the cities
B. rural areas became very depopulated
C. urban decentralization
D. urban residents providing their own food supply by planting gardens
The urban trends resulting from the industrial Revolution include……………..?
A. strengthening primary ties
B. a return to Biblical religions
C. homogeneous population
D. reduced family size
According to the U.S Census Bureau a CMSA is defined as………………?
A. a relatively large dense permanent settlement of heterogeneous individuals
B. any locality with a population of one million people or more
C. an ecological system
D. any locality with a downtown and suburbs
Urbanism is associated with…………………?
A. extended families
B. Gemeinschaft society
C. increase in anomie and alienation
D. public transportation
Suburban growth was based on……………….?
A. the development of automobile travel
B. expensive suburban property
C. wartime industrial expansions
D. movement of factories out of the cities
Most American cities have……………..?
A. large shopping malls
B. many high income taxpayers
C. continual building of new industries
D. a reduced tax base
The SMSA is based on………………..?
A. a town smaller than 2500 residents
B. one or more counties containing at least one city of 50,000 residents or two cities totaling 50,000
C. a town of 10,000 and surrounding counties
D. a city of at least 100,000 residents and its suburbs
The model in urban ecology that stresses distance of residence from central business based on social class is the……………..?
A. sector model
B. concentric zone model
C. multiple nuclei model
D. wedge-shaped model
Gentrification is the trend of………………?
A. city dwellers learning proper manners
B. middle class professionals renovating old city housing and using them as
C. continued movement to suburbs
D. city residents returning to manor houses in country