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26 Cards in this Set
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According to Mumford, how did cities begin?
a. evolving around the two poles of movement and villages b. evolving around the two poles of movement and settlement c. evolving around the two poles of settlement and tombs d. evolving around the two poles of caves and tombs |
b. evolving around the two poles of movement and settlement
(p. 335) |
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Hunting-gathering bands spend most of their time moving in?
a. fairly irregular patterns b. fairly sporadic patterns c. fairly regular patterns d. fairly continuous patterns |
c. fairly regular patterns
(p. 335) |
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According to Mumford, the first settlement was?
a. the tomb b. the village c. the cave d. the wall |
a. the tomb
(p. 335) |
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Territorial ranges of hunting-gathering tribes are?
a. different to most other animal's ranges b. vary slightly from most other animal's ranges c. do not vary at all other animal's ranges d. similar to most other animal's ranges |
d. similar to most other animal's ranges
(p. 336) |
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Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Yucatan gave rise to pyramid-tombs which were the?
a. nucleus of ceremonial centers b. nucleus of military might c. nucleus of commerce d. nucleus of the ideal citizen |
a. nucleus of ceremonial centers
(p. 336) |
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The hypostyle columns at Karnak are the?
a. most minute columns ever used in architecture b. most massive columns ever used in architecture c. most artistic columns ever used in architecture d. most defensive columns ever used in architecture |
b. most massive columns ever used in architecture
(p. 337) |
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In Egyptian hieroglyphics, house or town can also stand for?
a. father b. protector c. mother d. fertility |
c. mother
(p. 338) |
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Which of the following is true?
a. the medieval city appeared before the classical city b. temples appeared before the tomb c. the citadel appeared before the temple d. the village appeared before agriculture |
d. the village appeared before agriculture
(p. 338) |
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According to Mumford, which of the following caused the rise of cities?
a. the shift from the feminine ethos to the masculine b. the shift from the masculine ethos to the feminine c. the shift from the hunting ethos to the settlement d. the shift from the settlement ethos to the village |
a. the shift from the feminine ethos to the masculine
(p. 339) |
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Which of the following is the correct sequence for pre-ceremonial cities?
a. the temple, the village, the cave/tomb b. the cave/tomb, the temple, the village c. the village, the temple, the cave/tomb d. none of the above |
b. the cave/tomb, the temple, the village
(p. 349) |
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Which of the following is the correct sequence for pre-modern cities?
a. the citadel, the classical city, the medieval city b. the classical city, the citadel, the medieval city c. the medieval city, the citadel, the classical city d. none of the above |
a. the citadel, the classical city, the medieval city
(p. 349) |
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What is historically housed in the citadel?
a. produce and farmers b. weapons and armies c. books and scholars d. medicine and doctors |
b. weapons and armies
(p. 341) |
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According to the University of Teheran study, human services are duplicated in the city for every?
a. 20 people b. 200 people c. 2000 people d. 20000 people |
c. 2000 people
(p. 341) |
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Cuzco was composed of six?
a. papeles b. pan dulces c. panacas d. padres |
c. panacas
(p. 341) |
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A panaca is?
a. a home in which the Inca mummy ruled after death b. a store in which the Inca mummy ruled after death c. a temple in which the Inca mummy ruled after death d. a castle in which the Inca mummy ruled after death |
d. a castle in which the Inca mummy ruled after death
(p. 341) |
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A Inca heir to throne had to?
a. support himself by new conquests b. support himself on the old kings wealth c. support himself by reinventing the Inca religion d. support himself by enslaving locals |
a. support himself by new conquests
(p. 342) |
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Classical cities conveyed the ideal of?
a. the servant b. the citizen c. the scholar d. the priest |
b. the citizen
(p. 343) |
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Which of the following occurred during the transition from classical cities to medieval cities?
a. construction of temple-tombs b. construction of citadels c. construction of monasteries d. construction of factories |
c. construction of monasteries
(p. 343) |
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According to Mumford, what process was the downfall of the medieval city?
a. consolidation b. consumerism c. collaboration d. commercialism |
d. commercialism
(p.343) |
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What made the industrial revolution possible?
a. international commerce b. international education c. international religion d. international communication |
a. international commerce
(p. 344) |
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The modern city became organized around?
a. industry b. the home c. the church d. education |
a. industry
(p. 344) |
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What is a coketown?
a. a term by Mumford to describe the classical city b. a term by Mumford to describe the medieval city c. a term by Mumford to describe the industrial city d. a term by Mumford to describe the modern city |
c. a term by Mumford to describe the industrial city
(p.345) |
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What was the most important aspect of the nineteenth-century industrial influence?
a. the tremendous migration of population into the countryside b. the tremendous migration of population into the cities c. the tremendous migration of population overseas d. the tremendous migration of population westward |
b. the tremendous migration of population into the cities
(p. 345) |
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What is the primary industrial region of a country with the greatest density of population?
a. the doughnut b. the hole c. the ring d. the core |
d. the core
(p. 345) |
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What is the urban pattern called where the center of the city decayed and became the recipient of the poorest migrants.
a. the hole b. the doughnut c. the core d. the ring |
a. the hole
(p. 345) |
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What is the urban pattern called where the poorest migrants settled in a ring at the outer edges of the city?
a. the hole b. the doughnut c. the core d. the ring |
b. the doughnut
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