The City Reader Test | Final Test - Hard

Richard T. LeGates
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The City Reader Test | Final Test - Hard

Richard T. LeGates
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. When was "Choosing a Future" first published?

2. What group concedes that economic forces come into play, but that urban political theory also needs to draw on theories of the state in "How to Study Urban Political Power"?

3. When was "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns" first published?

4. In comparing U.S. and U.K. governments in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America," the author concludes the British system is more what?

5. What kind of streets does the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual" argue have reduced urban overcrowding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John Kasarda concluted in "The Jobs-Skills Mismatch"?

2. What does Gerry Stoker define regime theory as in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?

3. What questions are posed in John Mollenkopf's "How to Study Urban Political Power"?

4. What would the outer and inner city contain in "Urbanism as a Way of Life"?

5. What plans and theories are presented in "A Contemporary City"?

6. What does Oscar Lewis write about in the anthology? What are his theories?

7. What three possible city plans are presented in "Urbanism as a Way of Life"?

8. What is detailed in "Broadacre City: A New Community Plan"?

9. What does Ebenezer Howard propose for urban developers? Which articles are his?

10. What negative aspects of poverty does Oscar Lewis describe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss authors Michael Young and Peter Willmott and British area of Bethnal Green. During what period did the authors study the area?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How are W.E.B. Dubois' ideas reflected in "The Negro Problems of Philadelphia," "The Question of Earning a Living," and "Color Prejudice"?

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