Era 3 Overview

By 6000 BCE, the world had no __________, __________, or long-distance trade, and most people lived within an area of about a hundred square miles.

• cities, states

• cars, airplanes

• computers, countries

• regions, confederations

New evidence suggests that cities like __________ in the Amazon rainforest might have had large populations, challenging previous beliefs.

• Tapajos

• Tikal

• Cuzco

• Machu Picchu

__________ villages gradually grew larger, more densely populated, and evolved into cities.

• Farming

• Foraging

• Mountain

• Coastal

The rise of cities led to new forms of __________ to govern the growing populations.

• architecture

• transportation

• leadership

• entertainment

Specialists such as __________, __________, and historians became essential roles in city governance, supported by taxes and tributes.

• teachers, doctors

• farmers, merchants

• engineers, artists

• soldiers, scribes

As cities expanded, __________ and __________ systems developed to support the production and distribution of goods.

• education and healthcare

• trade and economic

• entertainment and leisure

• housing and sanitation

__________ systems like Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam became portable as they spread along trade routes.

• Technological

• Economic

• Political

• Belief

Cities brought progress but also challenges, such as __________, inequality, and disease spread through trade.

• unemployment

• overpopulation

• pollution

• prosperity

__________ in cities allowed for the exchange of goods, services, and ideas but also introduced pollution and social stratification.

• Libraries

• Markets

• Museums

• Life

As cities grew, some states became ____________, creating divisions between citizens with rights and subjects without.

• empires

• villages

• communities

• republics