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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. Richard LeGates describes the process of studying cities as what in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Complicated.
(b) Tedious.
(c) Enlightening.
(d) Never-ending.

2. When was "The Urban Revolution" first published?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1952.

3. What city's civilization does V. Gordon Childe describe from 3000-2000 B.C. in "The Urban Revolution"?
(a) Rome.
(b) London.
(c) Crete.
(d) Beijing.

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

5. When was "The Polis" first published?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Friedrich Engels born?

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

4. What kind of computer software permits users to map data and is useful in studying cities?

5. In "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that the borderlines between the objects of study, methods, theory and work product of different disciplines are what?

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