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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city's civilization does V. Gordon Childe describe from 3000-2000 B.C. in "The Urban Revolution"?

2. Who wrote "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization"?

3. When was "The Polis" first published?

4. Who does LeGate write developed a "broken window" theory and community policing ideas in "How to Study Cities"?

5. Who wrote "Of the Noble and Magnificent City of Kin-sai"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What essay is written by Kevin Lynch? What elements of cities does he introduce?

2. What environment does Engels describe in "The Great Towns"? Where does his analysis take place?

3. What city does Pirenne discuss in "Cities and European Civilization"? How does he describe it?

4. What is the subject of the essay "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety"? What assertions does the author claim?

5. What does Richard LeGates discuss in terms of discipline within academia in the Introduction?

6. What impact did the feudal system have on production, according to "The Urbanization of the Human Population"? When did production levels change?

7. What are examples of "boundaries" as defined by Kevin Lynch? What are nodes?

8. How does H.D.F. Kitto define "polis" in "The Polis"?

9. Henri Pirenne's "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization" each discuss cities in slightly different ways. What is the first article in reference to?

10. What led to the publication of "The Design of Spaces"? What does this study entail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the traditional ages in comparison with V. Gordon Childe's distinctions of historical eras. How does Childe's view differ?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the three models presented by Louis Wirth in "Urbanism as a Way of Life." Which of these models do they most relate to or prefer? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the development of black communities from the lift of slavery through today. How have black cultures assimilated into urban communities?

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