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Question #1
Cities have always been a part of human history.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
The oldest city known to archeologists emerged in human history approximately:
A.   50,000 years ago
B.   1,000 years ago
C.   100,000 years ago
D.   7,000 years ago
Question #3
Writing was invented
A.   At the same time that the first cities emerged in the world
B.   Among some hunting and gathering tribes about 30,000 years ago
C.   When cavemen started making images on cave walls
D.   At the time of the industrial revolution
Question #4
What was the MOST important factor that allowed for the emergence of ancient cities
A.   The production of an agricultural surplus
B.   Free market trade
C.   The solar-calendar
D.   None of the above
Question #5
According to V. Gordon Childe, the population of Sumerian cities ranged between
A.   5,000 to 10,000 people
B.   1,000 to 5,000 people
C.   25 to 100 people
D.   7,000 to 20,000 people
Question #6
The following concept describes the emergence of full-time specialists like craftsmen, transport workers, merchants, officials and priests
A.   Division of labor
B.   Ruling class
C.   Population density
D.   All of the above
Question #7
The first cities emerged in the region referred to as
A.   Mesopotamia
B.   The Baltic
C.   The Red Valley
D.   The San Fernando Valley
Question #8
A major reason for the invention of writing was to keep track of the agricultural surplus.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #9
Sumerian cities flourished because they were between what two rivers?
A.   Kishon and the Dane
B.   Tigris and Euphrates
C.   Tigris and Kishon
D.   none of the above
Question #10
The name of a temple that was built in ancient cities was
A.   pyramid
B.   sacred tomb
C.   zigguarat
D.   none of the above
Question #11
The people of the Sumerian cities worshiped one supreme god
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #12
Priests typically belonged to the ________________class of ancient cities
A.   middle
B.   lower
C.   upper
D.   Priests were not members of a class
Question #13
While hunting and gathering societies were smaller in population size, they were higher in population density when compared with ancient cities
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #14
One thing we can say about ancient cities is that they were more egalitarian than hunting and gathering societies
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #15
The class lecture covered 10 characteristics of early cities. Which one of the following was NOT one of those characteristics
A.   the practice of hunting wild game
B.   the creation of an agricultural surplus
C.   larger population size
D.   the emergence of full-time craftsmen

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