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WorksheetsGEO171 Final Exam Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
In post-modernism:
The truth is out there
There is no such thing as the truth
Representation is unimportant
Truth is a social construction
In Medellin Colombia social urbanism includes:
Public services, mass transportation and decision-making inclusion.
The construction of freeways and condominiums.
A focus on gentrification.
The development of airports and canals
Language:
Is shaped by metaphors, history, and geography
Does not reflect socio-economic power
Does not involve the use of metaphors of representation
Is a mirror of the surrounding enviroment
Which of the following can contribute to slums of hope?
A lack of basic infrastructure.
Periodic slum clearances by governments.
Granting of land tenure and infrastructure.
Gentrification.
Cultural systems include:
Families, branches, and groups
Dialects and regions
Langauge trees
Traits, territorial affiliations and shared histories
In the ecological model of urban development:
There is competition over land used by different groups
The city is characterized by class conflict
Urban development does not exhibit any distinct spatial pattern
Urban development is polycentric
What percentage of Lago’s population works informally?
60%
Less than 50%
70%
More than 90%
Which of the following is a characteristic of neo-liberal urban policy>
Restrictive convenats
Property-led development
Redlining
Keynesianism
Which of the following was NOT a key factor in Medellin's post-2000 recovery?
Public private setcors
A lack of private sector participations
The Medellin Cartel
A strong national government
Why are 'shock cities' important?
The portend important social-economic and cultural changes
They illustrate the dangers of urban electrification
They move us away from cities
They are backward looking and nostalgic
Until the 1950s most US cities were led by:
Unelected mayors
Financial services
Manufacturing
Suburbs
Syncretism is a product of:
A lack of cultural exchange
Cultural exchange
Only cultural apporporiation
None of the above
Between 200 and 2050 95% of human population growth will be in:
The global north
Global south rural areas
Latin American cities
Global south cities
In "super-organic" conceptions, culture is:
Based on the material conditions of society
An "anti-essential" representation
Superior to and not originating in society
Part of the superstructure
The fastest rate of urban growth is now found in:
China
Sub-Saharan Africa
India
The middle east
In film geography urban landscapes are:
active agents
real
a passive backdrop
unimportant
How many language are expected to go extinct by 2050?
20%
50%
none
80%
For gramsci hegemony was the outcome of:
conspiracy
force alone
struggle and compromise
representation only
According to Engels the industrial city is characterized by:
The spatial separation of classes and of work from home
Equilibrium
The spatial integration of social classes and of work and home
Utility and trade-offs
Which of the following makes cities like Los Angeles "post-moden"?
The city organizes the hinterland
There is an evolutionary, linear development from community to society
The city is individual centered
Urban development is more chaotic, unpredictable, and non linear
Under the Treaty of Waitangi (1840):
The Māoris recognized British sovereignty in return for their land rights.
The British recognized Māori sovereignty in return for their land rights.
The Haka was banned.
Rugby was made a compulsory sport.
US cities were segregated via:
Restrictive covenants only
Property-led development
Redlining only
Restrictive covenants and redlining
A "borrow" word is:
A word that cannot be translated from another langauge
Not a metaphor
A word that has been adopted from one language to another
Not important in the development of a language
Which of the following was a critical link between reggae and reggaeton?
Reggae in espanol
Rock n roll
Calypso
Ska
Mezzadria was:
An italian neo-realist film
A tuscan cuisine
An etruscan city
A share cropping system
A Desakota is:
a form of gentrification
found exclusively in central business districts
a mix of residential and industrial land uses
a mix of urban and agricultural land uses
For Carl Sauer, in cultural landscape:
Nature is the agent and culture is the medium
Culture is not important
Culture is the agent: the natural area is the medium
Nature is not important
Neo-classical urban theory emphasizes:
territoriality and congregation
utility and trade-offs
the role of redlining
the development of 'shock cities'
"Imagined communities" refers to:
nationalism
urban geography
syncretism
cultural landscape
The "dembow" rhythm is important in:
Rock n roll
Reggae
Ska
Reggaeton
Which of the following was NOT a cause for the US urban crisis in the 1960s?
Urban fragementation
Suburbanization
Property-led development
Deindustrialization
Local musical spaces are:
Important in popular music
Not a product of syncretims
Never found in cities
Insignificant in popular musoc
Where are comunas or informal settlements typically found in Medllin?
In the Aburra river valley
In the central business district
Near the airport
On the hills and mountain sides
The Haka:
is a war dance
is only performed by the new zealand "all blacks:
refers to all maori ceremonies involving movement
is a recent cultural innovation
Which of the following is NOT a reason why cities are important?
as a center for agriculture
as a center for innovation
a center for innovation
as a center for decision-making
A restrictive covenant is:
the same thing as redlining
a restriction on the sale of housing to minority groups
a supreme court ruling allowing the sale of housing to minority groups
a precursor to gentrification
Which of the following was NOT a musical influence on reggae?
Country and western
Mento
Kumina
Calypso
Manchester, England:
has only one premier league team
has no suburban development
was never a 'shock' city
was the world's first industrial city
In materialist conceptions of culture:
ideas and values are independent of the material conditions of existence
ideas and values are not independent of the material conditions of existence
the superstructure is unimportant
culture is only about representations
Dialects:
are dominant languages spoken in funny accents
are only found in newfoundland, canada
are growing rapidly
have their own distinctive grammar and pronounciation
