1. What kind of research does not necessarily look at numbers or statistical analysis?
(a) Qualitative.
(b) Political.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Quantitative.

2. What does LeGates write "have their advantage that they are based on consistent methods for acquiring knowledge and a more or less agreed upon body of knowledge"?
(a) Scientific laws.
(b) Theories.
(c) Disciplines.
(d) Degrees.

3. The author of "The Polis" writes that the term polis refers to more of a what than the current "city"?
(a) Autocratic state.
(b) Dictatorial state.
(c) Peace state.
(d) Mosaic-state.

4. Richard LeGates points out that colleges and universities today have a tendency to do what to knowledge, according to "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Cheapen.
(b) Over analyze.
(c) Compartmentalize.
(d) Trivialize.

5. Urban economists tend to study the economics of cities using what kind of methods, according to LeGate in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Qualitative.
(b) Quantitative.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Political.

Short Answer Questions

1. The editors of The City Reader have taught at the San Francisco State University, University of California, Berkley and what other institution, according to the Introduction from the Editors?

2. What did the concept of polis stress in its establishment of temples, stadiums, and theaters?

3. Who was the author of "The Polis"?

4. Who is the author of The Making of Urban America?

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

(see the answer key)

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