Exam 6: The Emergence of Cities and States

During the time of the development of early state societies, northern Europeans developed a tendency for sickle-cell anemia.

Evidence of centralized authority in ancient civilizations comes from all the following except:

What role did infectious diseases play in the European colonization of the Americas?

How is Çatalhöyük unlike the early cities?

How do archaeologists determine social status within early civilizations?

A coding system of colored strings with knots was used by what civilization as a form of unconventional writing?

What is the role of writing in the administration of a centralized political authority?

Çatalhöyük demonstrates which of the following?

_______________ was developed primarily for record-keeping purposes.

For the Aztecs and Maya, obsidian was not:

Because of the emergence of devastating infectious diseases in Europe, the urban population there was not self-sustaining until which century?

City planning was a common aspect of early centralized governments.

Scientists conclude that Tikal suffered from food and land scarcity for all the following reasons except:

Describe the Code of Hammurabi.

How can interdependence create vulnerability?

In the Applied Anthropology section entitled ''Tell It to the Marines: Teaching Troops about Cultural Heritage'' why do military personnel take a class Focusing on the cultural heritage of the area where they will be deployed?

The advent of cities and states created a new social order.

One example of applied archaeology is lecturing to Marines about the cultural heritage of the locations where they will be deployed.

Which of the following had the most advanced political system of its time?

Hammurabi was a Babylonian king who lived in _______________ between 3,700 and 3,950 years ago.