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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. Richard LeGates describes the process of studying cities as what in "How to Study Cities"?
2. What was at the center of the imaginary American city when it was first laid out in "The Almost Perfect Town"?
3. What examples of cities and civilizations from the Stone era does V. Gordon Childe describe in "The Urban Revolution"?
4. When was "The Polis" first published?
5. When was "The City Image and Its Elements" first published?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does "The Urbanization of the Human Population" explain urbanization in relation to human development?
2. What are examples of "boundaries" as defined by Kevin Lynch? What are nodes?
3. 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?
4. What city is described in John Brinckerhoff Jackson's "The Almost Perfect Town"?
5. What vision is described in Ernest W. Burgess's "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project"?
6. What environment does Engels describe in "The Great Towns"? Where does his analysis take place?
7. What impact did the feudal system have on production, according to "The Urbanization of the Human Population"? When did production levels change?
8. How does H.D.F. Kitto define "polis" in "The Polis"?
9. What is the basis of study in "A New Geography of Centers and Margins: Summary and Implications"? What did the author conclude?
10. What is the subject of the essay "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety"? What assertions does the author claim?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the life and career of Friedrich Engels and his vision of urbanization in "The Great Towns." How did Engels' socialist viewpoint reflect in his vision of urbanization?
Essay Topic 2
Identify and define the following terms: discipline, interdisciplinary, urban planning and research, and compartmentalization. How are each of these related in the Introduction and Prologue?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the traditional ages in comparison with V. Gordon Childe's distinctions of historical eras. How does Childe's view differ?
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