WorksheetsCities and Urban Land Use Section 2 page 195 - 197
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
A settlement located on a good harbor may grow _________________ through trade, causing it to climb the urban hierarchy to a more complex, larger community.
politically
economically
social
environment
Collecting taxes and building fortified walls to protect the city from invaders is role taken by the
merchant marines
farmers
government
philosophers
All are jobs that began to occur in ancient cities EXCEPT
craftspeople
government officials
priest
telegraph operator
Examples of early civilizations are all the following EXCEPT
Tigris and Euphrates River Valley
Indus River Valley
Mississippi River Valley
Nile River Valley
This person was the decision maker and organizers who controlled the resources, and sometimes the lives of others.
Urban elite
Grand Poobah
Captain
Pauper
What made it possible for permanent settlement to form?
Industrial Revolution
Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution
Green Revolution
Blue Revolution
Which is NOT a factor in determining which hamlets will grow into villages, villages into towns, towns into cities?
Political
Economic
Cultural
Density
What might an ancient city establish if it wanted to create a cultural center?
bank
theater
open air market
school
Physical geography is important in the growth of cities. Which is not a physical feature that helps cities grow?
defensibility
availability of water for farming and transportation
location near productivity farmlands along rivers
capital resources
Where is the ancient city of Harappa?
the mouth of the Mississippi River
the headwaters (beginning of) the Indus River
the Tigris River Delta
the confluence of Nile River
