Roxie Has Been Informally Studying Urban Life for Several Years

question 73

Multiple Choice

Roxie has been informally studying urban life for several years. She has observed that people in the city seem to think and behave in ways that are very different from the ways that people thought and behaved in the small town where she grew up. What would the Chicago school members call what Roxie has observed in the city?

• A) urbanism
• B) urbanization
• C) urban beats
• D) urban acclimatization

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Definitions:

Government Failure

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