URBS 350 | Examination 3 | Chapter 7 and 8 + class lecture | Mintesnot Woldeamanuel (PhD) | questions and answers complete SP 26-27.

URBS 350 | Examination 3 | Chapter 7 and 8 + class lecture | Mintesnot Woldeamanuel (PhD Please choose the best answer 1. Which one of these statements about Middle Eastern cities is incorrect? a. Cities in the Middle East have evolved around the well, the house of worship, and the marketplace. The relative location of the Middle East has made the cities centers of trade and commerce. Urbanism as a way of life originated in the Middle East. d. None of the above The minarets that punctuate the skylines of Middle Eastern cities are associated with: a. mosques b. traditional markets ¢. wind towers d. commercial enterprises 3. In the Arab Middle East, you would go to a souk (or suq) to: a. worship b. buy something c. geta passport or visa d. cool off Which one of these cities is not located in the Fertile Crescent? a. Aleppo b. Baghdad c. Cairo d. Jerusalem What is the general relationship between urbanization and civilization? a’ They evolved hand in hand. b. Civilization preceded urbanization. ¢. Urbanization preceded civilization. d. None of the above In which one of the following empires might the cities be described as “Islamic cities”? a. Roman Empire b. Byzantine Empire ¢, Ottoman Empire d. all of the above How many of the following cities are on the continent of Africa? Jerusalem / Cairo / Tehran / Istanbul / Alexandria a. two b. three c. four d. five [stanbul, Tehran, and Cairo are: a, capital cities ' b. Arabic-speaking cities c¢. located in Asia b. C. ~ 9, d. the anchors of the Middie East’ urban triangle Which of the following best describes a key factor shaping urbanization in the Greater Middle East? a. Climate and agriculture b. Natural environments ahd religion ¢. Industrialization and trade unions d. Colonialism and migration . Damascus and Aleppo. Sana’a and Aden. Tripoli and Benghazi. These city pairs illustrate: a. the rank-size rule b. classic examples of urban primacy ¢. some countries’ need for a summer capital d. rival urban cores within a single country . What is the relationship between the kasbah and the medina in a city like Rabat? a. They are both names for the ancient walled city. b. .Ihe located inside the medina. The medina is located inside the Kasbah. d. The former is the old city and the latter is the new city. _ Which of these features are least likely to be found in the medina of a Middle Eastern city? a. parking lots b. wells ¢. open courtyards d. narrow streets . If you were running a transect of a Middle Eastern city from the old city center to the urban expansion zone, one of your conclusions might be that: a. the well-to-do are abandoning the old city b. multi-story apartment blocks are not yet that common the old city displays logo-laden chain stores and franchises d. non-motorized vehicles still predominate in both old city and new ci Which of the following is not a major ‘ stimulator of urbanization in the Middle East? a. Oil wealth b. Migration ¢. Technology #(4 Answer s D - Soh VL)(.l.. P T Ptgc ‘ Ot 4 eprom0 10 W o e S od. : ; h Desemrlcation e followin Ving elemcnts of nt of Mlddlc E: Stern ¢f v 15, eat absorption. Ouses share walls to re area exposed to atmosphere. C. l~ountains draw upon c¢og) ground ’ Water l(? chill the ajy in smaf] Spaces * BXpansive urhgp Squates maximie alr elections, Corruption acrogg the Arah ?Nngrfél?end . 4. Syria and Tunisia Egypt and Libya C. Libya ang Bahrain Tunisia anq Egypt 17. In the near future, what city may emerge as the Middle East? a. Cairo b. Istanbu] C. Tehran d. Jerusalem 18. The cultura] landscape within the Middle East includes sites that are sacred to: a. Jews b. Jews and Muslims C... Jews, Muslims, and Christians d. Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Sabians 19. The Persian/Arabian Gulf's leading city in terms of business, entertainment, and consumer services is: a. Kuwait City b. Doha €. Dubai d. Abu Dhabi 20. Dubai’s Burj Khalifa: {3 a. lost the title of world’s tallest building to Kuala Lumpur in 2010 b. is a monolithic building devotad ' exclusively to offices and professional services ' | anchors the city’s new mixed-use downtown ‘ 9 d. is located on one of the arlnhcnal offshore islands shaped like a palm tree : o Hajj-related tourism brings over 2 million visitors annually to what city? a. Jerusalem cC. 21. &2 &b Meceyq " Najaf 4 1 ehran y ( ¢ p almogy[ recorul-scmni 1600 ye R()mans, Byzm)tinqu 'm)d ())}t’turg v . y Iy ¢ Om' ! /4 A Tehran oy Cairo 23, Christianity? Commemorae ¢, € nation’sg 1700 years of a. Baghdad, Iraq Jerusalem, Israe] C. Istanbuy], Turkey by - Yerevan, Armenia Middle at areFacry the twocitth main c Omponents of 3 typical ' a. Old sector and new sector Industrial zone and rural periphery C. Religious core and agricultural belt d. Harbor and trade zone 24, 291 .Which environmental challenge is not a major 1ssue in Middle Eastern cities? a. Water shortage b. Waste management . Overpopulation d. Air pollution 26. Only two of the largest cities in Sub-Saharan Africa turned to megacities recently. They are: a. Lagos and Kinshasa b. Kinshasa and Johannesburg C. Johannesburg and Abidjan d. Abidjan and Lagos 27. All of the following are major problems in most sub-Saharan African cities except: a. lack of decent and affordable housing b. lack of effective governance ¢. providing basic urban services d. maintaining subway systems and trolley lines 28. In terms of morphology, eities in sub-Saharan Africa are trending toward the: a. hybrid model b. Islamie city model ¢. dual city model d. colonial city model R 29. The oldest region of urban settlement in subSaharan Africa was: a. the western Sudan b. the Guinea iuinea Coast Co _B¥ ¢. the upper Nile and Ethiopia d, ' the » Congo Congo Basin O 30 Irading « . posts D (and eventually cities) develoy | on the Atlantic coast of Africa rica as as a a resuit result ¢ of /077, ANDnLr E C )nlgc . 2 ()t"‘ Next prge Vi % “ SO ‘m ’‘wn N Ph smyermr W W an nations What nation qea's coast ¢ with Europe | was contac the first «€ y sail south along Afl a. Holland b. Spain ¢. Portugal d. England and metropolis of Eastern a mercantile empire Congo. It later . It grew nto the “isl Africa” as the center of whose tentacles stretched to the was refashioned by the Portuguese and then became a British colonial capital. To what city-state do these facts apply? a. Mogadishu b. Mombasa ¢. Mozambique d. Zanzibar 2. Which of the following statements is nof true about sub-Saharan African cities? a. ThAC-' have a strong informal economy b. Crime rates are generally high and often rising c. Women are almost unrepresented in government and the professions d. Slums and squatter settlements may account for up to 80% of a city’s population a. Dakar j ST b. Nairobl c. Lagos b, d. Abidjan ! , 17, Which on€ of the following best describes the propo rtion of the ' populali(m P in sub-Saharan Africa which lives 1 cities’ a. The urban population of Kenya may hit 40% by 2040 b. A majority of the sub-Saharan African population is classified as urban Only about 4 out of 10 people in subgaharan Africa live in cities d. Sub-Saharan Africa’s total urban population is about 360 million 38. In Nairobi during the colonial era, what group took up residence in t becoming shop owner a. Native Africans b. British colonists ¢. Indians and Pakistanis d. Chinese 39. According to the lecture, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is among the world regions. a. Most urbanized X - -= - - E c. Least urbanized E d. Densely industrialized E E & he center of the city, s and merchants? 3=a0 S33. aThe newly firstirst indepe city city in i Africa to g become th e capital i of b. Fastest depo i sy pendent nation after World War II fate g. Lagos, Nigeria 40. The fi : S Dala . The first Eur Ly r, Senegal v opean xtt}ements along the coast — d_ Sory 2 @Hinne o sub-Saharan Africa included St. Louis _ ¥ : u g 2 W ]atfggtahkry, Guinea - :I:da,hand Lourengo Marques (now Maputo) : » the World o ntury, Ghana began to follow what countrydid the seREsR eame] : e orld Bank’s recommendations for S— : — conomic reform. 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Lagos, Nigeria b. programs that put tolls on all b. Nairobi, Kenya highways, not just major c. Johannesburg, South Africa thoroughfares d. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia programs that subsidize housing prices in in-town new towns programs that use the media to change potential migrants’ minds about moving 46. In urban Africa, all of the following forces have driven the trend toward ever more people engaging in multiple economic activities except: a. government programs that help to reduce family size b. employment freezes and retrenchment in the public sector numbers living close to the poverty level a. Senegal b. Cameroun ¢. South Africa d. Ivory Coast In an example of a trend in using crowdsourced information to reveal social problems, Kenya’s MacArthur Award-winning Ushahidi employs what technology? TR mhlmwthM :mm m 'l 1R Ky "' '”"'mww 50. Which of the following statements about urbanization in Africa is true? a. Most of the region’s population lives in rural areas b. 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