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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Evolution of Cities.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author of "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization" describes the growth of cities in Western Europe as historically bound by two elements: a middle class, and what?
(a) Democratic voting.
(b) The rule of the King.
(c) Community organization.
(d) Freedom of the press.

2. Who does LeGate write developed a "broken window" theory and community policing ideas in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Michael Porter and James Q. Wilson.
(b) Michael Porter and William Julius Wilson.
(c) James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling.
(d) George L. Kelling and William Julius Wilson.

3. V. Gordon Childe discusses the evolution of cities in Spain, Britain, and Germany during what period in "The Urban Revolution"?
(a) 1500 B.C.
(b) 1500 A.D.
(c) 1300 B.C.
(d) 1400 B.C.

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

5. Who was the author of "The Polis"?
(a) Henri Pirenne.
(b) Marco Polo.
(c) H.D.F. Kitto.
(d) Ibn Battuta.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that how many selections are included in The City Reader?

2. LeGates writes in "How to Study Cities" that there are "social, spacial and _____ aspects to urban poverty as well as economic ones."

3. What city is described with the Church initially a factor in its boundaries, though later Charlemagne grew the empire in "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization"?

4. Who was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla?

5. What examples of cities and civilizations from the Stone era does V. Gordon Childe describe in "The Urban Revolution"?

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