Exam 2: The Emergence of Cities

Describe the role of colonization in both Greece and Rome. What were the positive and negative effects?

The newly developing bourgeoisie in medieval towns was an extension of the old feudal nobility and essentially identical to it.

Of all the Roman cities, including Paris, Vienna, and London, Rome exhibited the greatest amount of civic planning.

According to the text, Rome was an exporter not of goods, but of ideas, such as Roman law, government, and engineering.

Mayan cities in Central America developed earlier than those in Mesopotamia or China.

The quality of Roman road construction surpasses that of even the most rigorous contemporary federal standards.

Explain the difference between the first and the second Urban Revolution.

Which of the following is one of the concepts used in the ecological complex?

New research confirms that cities in South America developed later than cities in the Americas were previously thought to exist.

The word "Mesopotamia", where remains of the world's earliest cities have been found, means "land between the mountains".

Slash-and-burn agriculture has been used as recently as the 20^th century in isolated areas of the U. S. Appalachian Mountains.

A major advantage of the ecological complex as a conceptual scheme is its simplicity, since economy of explanation is a basic scientific goal.

The artistic talents of artists such as ______________ were used to beautify the cities.

According to V. Gordon Childe, which of the following is one of the ten features that define the "urban revolution"?

The major limit on population growth in Greek cities was the limited technological base.

Explain the meaning and relationship of the following terms: agricultural revolution, urban revolution and population explosion.

Jericho, which some argue was the first organized town, is estimated to have had about 600 people in 8000B. C.E.

The text states that the greatest achievement of the Greeks was in social organization. Explain and give examples.

Political economy models of urban growth are essentially the same as the ecological complex.

The dissolution of the Roman Empire in 476 C.E. marked the effective decay of cities in Western Europe for a period of over 1500 years.