Urban Sociology

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What is Urban Sociology?

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The study of life and human interaction in metropolitan areas

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When did the idea of Urban Sociology originate in America?

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The Industrial Revolution

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Who were some key figures in developing elements of Urban Sociology at the Chicago School of sociology?

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Robert E. Park and Ernest Burgess

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Urban Sociology explores _________ within cities.

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social structures, institutions, culture, and inequality

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What is "digital cities"?

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technology (surveillance, communication networks, electricity)

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What is Urbanization?

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the increase in population in urban areas

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A place of dense human settlement, or in other words, a location where many people live close together.

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city

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People who share the same language and live in the same area can have a different culture:

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True

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Which is NOT a social consequence of gentrification? Options: Loss of affordable housing, Cultural erasure of marginalized communities, Everyone is treated fairly and given alternate living spaces, Changes in political dynamics and neighborhood identity

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Everyone is treated fairly and given alternate living spaces

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Due to the high population density in cities, no one is lonely

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False