Urban Planning Basic Knowledge - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What South American capital was designed by the view of an airplane?	Brasilia	70%
Name the three primary types of zoning	Residential	56%
Name the three primary types of zoning	Commercial	53%
Name the three primary types of zoning	Industrial	53%
Which U.S. president is synonymous with the International Highway System?	Dwight Eisenhower	49%
What civilization first used plans to a large scale?	Roman Empire	49%
What is a downtown area more commonly known as?	Central Business District	44%
What is the mix between a road and a street?	Stroad	37%
Which city had a major influential reinvigoration from 1853 to 1870?	Paris	35%
What term gives the government the right to take property with just compensation?	Eminent Domain	33%
What tool is commonly used to model plans and statistics in the form of maps?	GIS	33%
Which city model was popularized by Ebenezer Howard?	Garden City	30%
What predated cars as the primary form of transportation in U.S. cities?	Streetcar	30%
What do you call a road that are built for high capacity?	Arterial	28%
Which NYC Urban Planner is infamous for his highway construction?	Robert Moses	28%
Which journalist and activist protected neighborhoods from urban renewal?	Jane Jacobs	26%
What is considered the first mass produced suburb?	Levittown	26%
What do you call a road that are built for low capacity?	Local Road	19%
Which urban design movement promotes walkability and mixed-use development?	New Urbanism	19%
Which company designed Celebration, FL (a city designed exactly like the above)?	Disney	16%
What plan is used to achieve the basic goals and aspirations of a city?	Comprehensive Plan	14%
Which U.S. Supreme Court case made zoning legal?	Euclid vs. Ambler	12%
What do call a section of land that can be privately or publicly owned?	Parcel	12%
What type of zoning is designed around the appearance and design of the building?	Form-based Zoning	7%
What "power" secures the health, safety and general welfare of a city?	Police Power	7%
What are services such as sewage and law enforcement called?	Capital Facility	5%
Who is synonymous with the "White City" and the Chicago World's Fair?	Daniel Burnham	5%
What is the term for a run-down residential area close to downtown?	Inner Ring Suburb	5%