IR3 - Unit 1 - Reading 1 - Reading comprehension

1. Regional shopping centers and shopping malls exist today in many locations around the globe.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

1. (lines 132 - 136) 

Other world malls of note include the Istanbul Cevahir, the Mall Taman Anggrek (Orchid Garden Mall) in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the 135 West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada, which features a water park.

2. The construction of a large retail center is a sign of economic prosperity.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

1. (lines 3 - 5, 140 - 144)

• - Their forms and functions are evidence of the dynamic social life that has long been tied to centers of economic and political power.

• - One thing remains the same: these centers of trade and retail marketing indicate economic prosperity and serve as global status symbols.

3. The concept of regional trade markets is new to human social life.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

1. (lines 19 - 20) 

• The concept of a regional trade market is at least five thousand years old.

4. Agriculture has created a surplus of food that helps develop civilization.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

1. (lines 25 - 27)

• The population growth and economic prosperity of the agricultural society made possible the advancement of specialized craftspeople and merchants.

5. The outdoor market called agora originally comes from South America.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

1. (lines 51 - 52) 

• In the Greek cities of the 5th century BC, the marketplace was the agora.

6. The markets in the Middle East are quite uniform in form.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

1. (lines 38 - 40)

• Though they are far from uniform, bazaars are typically divided into various sections that each specialize in a single 40 trade or craft.

7. The European corridors have modeled both the market and the agora.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

1. (lines 71 - 76)

• An arcade was typically a covered set of city streets similar to the bazaar, but it retained some of the openness of the agora through the use of vaulted, or arched, skylights.

8. Architect Victor Gruen was inspired for Southdale, a fully enclosed shopping center in the U.S., by a corridor he saw in Russia.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

1. (lines 90 - 97)

• A young Viennese architect named Victor Gruen was among the many visitors who were favorably impressed by the Galleria. In the 1950s, Gruen was commissioned to design a regional shopping mall in the state of Minnesota in the northern United States. The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II served as the starting concept for his mall design.