Gentrification

What is redlining?

• The drawing of a red line across neighborhoods

• The process of drawing red lines to show the neighborhoods where people of color lived and lenders wouldn't make loans there.

• A red line on a map that shows where wealthy people and poor people live today.

• The process of drawing red lines to show people that neighborhoods were not equal.

Which of the following is NOT a negative effect of gentrification?

• Displacement

• Minority Removal

• Higher Quality of Living

• Higher cost of living

True or False

Rent increases may occur as a result of gentrification

• True

• False

Wal-Mart is opening in the small town of Vado, New Mexico. This is creating over 400 jobs in the area. Population is quickly increasing. This is an example of...

• Urbanization
• Inflation
• Urban Center
• Influence

The action of taking posession of property when you do not pay for it.

• Foreclosure
• Bankruptcy
• Credit

How can gentrification be damaging to the economy?

• It can cause local businesses to shut down

• It can create new jobs opportunities

• Ethnic and racial conflict can emerge

• It attracts middle and upper people to a residential area

Which of the following businesses is an indicator of gentrification?

• A family owned business

• Starbucks

• a local antique shop

• a 100-year running bakery

Which of the following groups is most likely to see gentrification as a positive thing?

• a family living in an urban area for cheap

• a wealthy couple looking to move into the city

• employees of a small business located in the city

• residents of a part of the city that is steeped in culture

hat is the typical demographic shift that occurs during the gentrification of a city?

• Higher median income, fewer racial minorities, fewer families

• Lower median income, fewer racial minorities, more families

• Higher median income, more racial minorities, more families

The mass movement of white people from urban areas to suburban areas.

• Urbanization

• White Flight

• Gentrification

• Red-lining