Concepts and Protocities
Early Cities
Preindustrial Cities
“Enlightenment” & Industrial Cities
Fun!
100

What modern-day country is Çatalhöyük located in?

Turkey

100

What city was the “Great Bath” located in?

Mohenjo-Daro

100

What was the phrase Matt used to describe Medieval Cities?

Walled Markets

100

Where is the birthplace of skyscrapers?

Chicago

100

Where did Marco and Krista study abroad?

Copenhagen!

200

What Arabic term is used to describe a human-made hill or mound?

Tell

200

What is the primary reason for Mohenjo-Daro’s decline?

Drought/climate change

200

Which city is this?


Great Zimbabwe 

200

Where was the textile capital of the U.S.?

Lowell, MA

200

Where is Nada from?

Cairo, Egypt

300

Name 7/10 of Childe's characteristics for a city?

  • Large dense population

  • Full time specialization of labor 

  • Surplus paid to centralized (devine) authority

  • Monumental buildings 

  • Formal social hierarchy 

  • Writing

  • “Exactive and predictive” science 

  • “Conceptualized and sophisticated” artistic styles 

  • Trade outside of the city

  • Residence rather than kinship

300

Which city is older: Ancient Rome or Thebes?

Thebes

300

What type of structure is this?

A minaret 

300

The "Kiss of Death" refers to the spread of _______ in industrial textile mills

Tuberculosis 

300

What Philly neighborhood does Matt live in?

Northern Liberties 

400

What term describes a site that contains neither an urban grid nor wilderness?

Middle landscape

400

In Ancient Greece, what is the term used to describe an open, central urban form used for both everyday and big occasions?

An agora

400

What numbers were important in the Rites of Zhou?

 3,5,9

400

Who made this map or what does this map represent?

John Snow

400

Exactly how many students are enrolled in The Form of The City?

50

500

What ancient civilization developed the root units we use for time?

The Sumerians 
500

 What is the name of the oldest known Mayan City?

Aguada Fenix

500

Benin City employed __________ city planning design.

fractal

500

What percentage of China was urban in 1980?

19 percent 

500
Spell out the TA's full name (bonus points for middle names)
  • Nada Mohamed Abdelfattah Mohamed Elshafey

  • Marco Alexander Calia 

  • Krista Lee Chan

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