Chapter 1

Question 1

Places

Answer 1

specific sites that are shaped by and shape the lives of human beings. Sites of human identity, security and community.
- fulfill an important array of social needs: identity, community, and security

Question 2

Spaces

Answer 2

Geographic entities with distinct shapes, scales and other properties that set the stage for certain kinds of human activities
Cities as Places – what makes a city a space is the physical characteristics that separate it from rural lands, and the way the surroundings become useful and meaningful over time

Question 3

Meanings

Answer 3

the uses of places to furnish the primary way in which human beings come to imbue places
o Include – memories, associations,

Question 4

Place Attachment

Answer 4

the emotional connections that people feel toward specific places such as buildings, neighborhoods, or cities

Question 5

Human Beings Make and Remake Places

Answer 5

• places are human creations

- cities must be seen as fundamentally human and social constructions that change and evolve over time

Question 6

Great Migration

Answer 6

the movement of a large number of African Americans from the US South, especially during the interwar period
o Coincided with the initial boom of suburban construction, where affluent whites moved to the suburbs

Question 7

Urban Enclaves

Answer 7

settlements and communities created by new immigrants to a country, provide immigrants a way to remain attached to others from their homelands and to mark and identify

Question 8

Place and Space

Answer 8

• places represent specific locations in space
• as spaces are used and made meaningful by human beings they become places
• scale matters, small places suggest intimacy and privacy while large spaces seem to foster anonymity

Question 9

Tourist Spaces

Answer 9

highly controlled areas that cater specifically to the experiential, consumption, service, and aesthetic demands of tourism

Question 10

Private Spaces

Answer 10

spaces to which access is restricted by those who own the property

Question 11

Public Spaces

Answer 11

spaces that are open and accessible to every person in a society, in particular its citizens

Question 12

Privatization of Space

Answer 12

the shift in ownership of spaces from public to private, whether corporations, management companies or home owner’s associations.

Question 13

Cities Shape The Future Of Human Beings

Answer 13

• places impact the fate of human beings

- places also provide, or deny access to social, educational, and economic opportunities

Question 14

Cities and People

Answer 14

• humans shape the physical structures of cities and decide what those structures will mean, and as a result suggest how other human beings will use them