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True-False questions



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Question 1.
Approximately two out of three Americans live in an urban area today.

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Question 2.
Suburbanization had its dramatic surge at the end of World War II.


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Question 3.
Sunbelt communities are predominantly heavy manufacturing centers that have replaced the former heavy manufacturing centers of the Northeast.


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Question 4.
Most municipal services in cities and urban areas are paid for through federal subsidies.


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Question 5.
The federal government's involvement in federal housing is considered a perfected model brought about by 200 years of experience.


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Question 6.
Next to African Americans, white people comprise the largest percentage of the homeless population.

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Question 7.
Steering and redlining are two strategies developers use to improve the quality of federally subsidized housing.


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Question 8.
By 2030, two-thirds of the world's population is expected to live in cities.


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Question 9.
Natural increases in population (high birth rates and low death rates) account for about two thirds of new urban growth.

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Question 10.
Based on the research of Herbert Gans, many city dwellers enjoy the urban life style, in spite of its many social problems.

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