Questions & Answers
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Historical Milestones in Urban Planning study set below.
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1
Which 19th-century urban planner is famously associated with the massive renovation of Paris, replacing narrow medieval streets with wide boulevards?
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A
Georges-Eugène Haussmann
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B
Robert Moses
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C
Daniel Burnham
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D
Le Corbusier
2
The 'Garden City' movement, which proposed self-contained communities surrounded by greenbelts, was initiated in 1898 by whom?
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A
Patrick Geddes
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B
Ebenezer Howard
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C
Camillo Sitte
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D
Jane Jacobs
3
Which ancient civilization is credited with the earliest known use of a grid-based city plan, seen in sites like Mohenjo-Daro?
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A
The Romans
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B
The Egyptians
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C
The Indus Valley Civilization
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D
The Mesopotamians
4
In 1811, New York City adopted a major master plan that established the grid system for Manhattan; what is this plan officially called?
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A
The Manhattan Protocol
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B
The Commissioners' Plan
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C
The Empire Grid
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D
The Dutch Settlement Act
5
The 'City Beautiful' movement in the United States, which emphasized monumental grandeur and civic pride, gained major national attention after which 1893 event?
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A
The Philadelphia Centennial
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B
The World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
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C
The New York World's Fair
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D
The Pan-American Exposition
6
What was the primary goal of the 'Law of the Indies', issued by the Spanish monarchy in 1573 for colonial settlements?
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A
To maximize agricultural output
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B
To standardize city design and grid patterns for colonial towns
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C
To enforce religious segregation
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D
To prioritize high-rise construction
7
The 1929 'Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs' is widely considered the first example of what type of urban planning?
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A
Transit-Oriented Development
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B
Metropolitan Regional Planning
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C
Vertical Zoning
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D
Sustainable Urbanism
8
Who authored the influential 1961 book 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities', which criticized mid-century urban renewal policies?
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A
Jane Jacobs
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B
Lewis Mumford
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C
Kevin Lynch
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D
James Rouse
9
Which city is famous for its 'Radial Plan', designed by architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant in 1791?
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A
Philadelphia
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B
Washington, D.C.
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C
Boston
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D
Chicago
10
The 'New Urbanism' movement gained significant momentum in the 1980s with the construction of which iconic Florida town?
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A
Celebration
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B
Seaside
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C
Coral Gables
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D
The Villages
11
What major London disaster in 1666 led to Christopher Wren's ambitious, though largely unbuilt, master plan for the city?
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A
The Great Plague
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B
The Great Fire
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C
The Blitz
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D
The Thames Flood
12
Which mid-20th-century urban planning project in St. Louis became a symbol of the failure of modernist public housing design due to its demolition in 1972?
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A
Cabrini-Green
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B
Pruitt-Igoe
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C
Techwood Homes
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D
The Bronx River Houses
13
In 1960, the city of Brasília was inaugurated as the new capital of Brazil; who was the lead urban planner behind its 'Pilot Plan'?
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A
Oscar Niemeyer
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B
Lúcio Costa
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C
Roberto Burle Marx
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D
Alfonso Reidy
14
The concept of 'Zoning' as a legal tool to regulate land use was first upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in which 1926 case?
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A
Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.
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B
Shelley v. Kraemer
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C
Plessy v. Ferguson
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D
Brown v. Board of Education
15
Which English town is recognized as the first 'Garden City' built according to Ebenezer Howard's principles?
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A
Letchworth
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B
Welwyn
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C
Bournville
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D
Port Sunlight
16
The 1933 'Athens Charter', written by the CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne), focused on which urban planning ideology?
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A
Historic Preservation
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B
Functionalism and the separation of urban functions
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C
Mixed-use development
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D
Organic city growth
17
What is the name of the 19th-century Spanish engineer who designed the 'Eixample' district of Barcelona, characterized by its octagonal blocks?
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A
Antoni Gaudí
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B
Ildefons Cerdà
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C
Josep Puig i Cadafalch
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D
Lluís Domènech i Montaner
18
The 'Dumbbell Tenement' design, common in late 19th-century New York, was primarily intended to address what?
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A
Structural instability
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B
Lack of light and ventilation
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C
Traffic congestion
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D
Overpopulation in public parks
