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Urban Planning Basic Knowledge - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 82 times
- The average score is 8 of 28
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What South American capital was designed by the view of an airplane? | Brasilia | 65%
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| Name the three primary types of zoning | Residential | 56%
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| Name the three primary types of zoning | Commercial | 55%
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| Which U.S. president is synonymous with the International Highway System? | Dwight Eisenhower | 52%
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| Name the three primary types of zoning | Industrial | 52%
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| What civilization first used plans to a large scale? | Roman Empire | 48%
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| What is a downtown area more commonly known as? | Central Business District | 40%
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| What tool is commonly used to model plans and statistics in the form of maps? | GIS | 40%
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| Which city had a major influential reinvigoration from 1853 to 1870? | Paris | 37%
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| What is the mix between a road and a street? | Stroad | 37%
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| What term gives the government the right to take property with just compensation? | Eminent Domain | 34%
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| Which city model was popularized by Ebenezer Howard? | Garden City | 34%
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| Which journalist and activist protected neighborhoods from urban renewal? | Jane Jacobs | 34%
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| Which NYC Urban Planner is infamous for his highway construction? | Robert Moses | 34%
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| What predated cars as the primary form of transportation in U.S. cities? | Streetcar | 31%
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| What do you call a road that are built for high capacity? | Arterial | 29%
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| What is considered the first mass produced suburb? | Levittown | 24%
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| Which company designed Celebration, FL (a city designed exactly like the above)? | Disney | 18%
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| What do you call a road that are built for low capacity? | Local Road | 18%
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| Which urban design movement promotes walkability and mixed-use development? | New Urbanism | 16%
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| What do call a section of land that can be privately or publicly owned? | Parcel | 16%
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| What plan is used to achieve the basic goals and aspirations of a city? | Comprehensive Plan | 13%
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| Which U.S. Supreme Court case made zoning legal? | Euclid vs. Ambler | 13%
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| What type of zoning is designed around the appearance and design of the building? | Form-based Zoning | 8%
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| What "power" secures the health, safety and general welfare of a city? | Police Power | 8%
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| Who is synonymous with the "White City" and the Chicago World's Fair? | Daniel Burnham | 6%
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| What are services such as sewage and law enforcement called? | Capital Facility | 5%
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| What is the term for a run-down residential area close to downtown? | Inner Ring Suburb | 5%
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