sociology of the community exam 1 part 2
The oldest city known to archeologists emerged in human history:
10,000 years ago
in 2010 the percentage of the worlds population living in cities was
52%
The oldest city which showed up imposing fortifications including a surrounding wall and tower was
Jericho
cities that controlled the neighborhoring regions and villages are called
city states
cities that controlled the neighborhoring regions and villages are called
city-states
The egyptians encircled their cities with high protective walls
false
cities have always been a part of human history
false
during the middle ages, many people gathered to cities to seek protection from barbarians
false
tensions between pharaohs divided egypt into many indepedent city states
false
the begining of city life took hold around 7,000 BCE
false 8,000BCE
In mesopotamia, all early cities were rules by a military ruler
false just preistking & jericho
both roman and greek cities magnifies military power at the expense of thier other citizens
false not greeks
the spread of activities to british colonies decreased the economic importance of London
false the opposite
this countries cities were charachterized by the number of commerial ties across
greece
renaissance humanists saw cities as
ideal places for human development
London became a world city during the 16th century because of all but which of the following:
its infastructure
the black plauge
killed at least 1/4 of the european population
a gridrion street layout with a well established city sanitation system are characteristics of
moenjo-daro
in mesoamerica
only few people resided permanetly in the cities at the begining
the roman civilization was based on
the expression of militaristic power
egyptian cities were symbols of
the pharaoh's
mesopotamia was characterized by
theocrat
mesopotamia was characterized by
theocratic political regimes
At its height, the roman empire included almost half of the worlds population
true
Moenjo daro was built in a gridiron pattern
true
The first city states emerged in mesopotamia
true
central american cities emerged as ceremonial centers
true
cities in the indus region did not have a single leader in comparison to other egyprian cities
true
eqyptian cities are characterized by social inequality
true
in Catal Huyuk, house entrances were on the roof to protect the household from floods and wild animals
true
in the pre industrial era, life expectancy was typically under40 years
true
the church was a central componet of social life during medieval times
true
the emergence of the first cities occured some 10,000 years ago
true
the first permenent settlements promoted specialization of tasks
true
the renaissance movement first emerged in italian city states such as florence, venice
true
