WorksheetsGentrification
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
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
