Urban Studies 2

London transformed and became a world city because of what three reasons?

1. the discovery of the Americas 2. its geographic isolation, which caused it to become a seafaring nation 3. it's wool production

What was the last major region to develop early cities?

Mesoamerica

The archaeological record of Egyptian cities is less detailed due to:

building materials that crumbled over time

The Greek term "polis" means:

city-state

The words city and civilization are both derived from what single Latin root?

civitas

A demographic transition refers to:

death rates falling dramatically, while birth rates remain high

T or F: hunting and gathering societies tended to view hunting as more important than gathering

false

T or F: some cities responded to growth problems by creating the state. the central feature of the state was its ability to provide an egalitarian structure, whereby everyone had the same amount of power and rights.

false

T or F: the onset of the Industrial Revolution in the late 1700s caused London to slow growth and cause the city to no longer be the center of British trade

false

Uruk and other Mesopotamian cities were characterized by all of the following except?: it was a democracy, it had a power hierarchy, it had a pronounced division of labor, it had a system of writing

it was a democracy

Jericho

may be the oldest city in the world, was a walled city over 10,000 years ago, was an ancient city when the Egyptians built the pyramids

Following the collapse of the Roman Empire, cities in Europe:

minimally survived or ceased to exist

Rome was an urban civilization almost exclusively based on:

the expression of militaristic power

Within the walls of the Renaissance city, another type of city altogether began to emerge. All of the following was taking place except?: trade was becoming more important, the availability of wealth increased, the old feudal power structure became stronger, cities quickly became more prominent

the old feudal power structure became stronger

Egyptian cities revolves around:

the ruling pharaoh