--- title: Cities: why they grow, and how water and sewers made them… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · History description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 73 «Cities: why they grow, and how water and sewers made them safe» of the history course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / Cities: why they grow, and how water a… # Cities: why they grow, and how water and sewers made them safe The 16 questions of lesson 73 «Cities: why they grow, and how water and sewers made them safe» of the history course of Mova's primary school with their options, 100 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/t1/) — Jaden: "Villages were chill tho, why'd anyone move to a stinky city?" ("Chill" means relaxed.) Best answer? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/t2/) — Aroha's Kiwi dad: "Yeah nah, most folks in cities is pretty recent, eh." ("Yeah nah" means no.) Is he right? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/t3/) — In Europa Universalis, Kai clicks «develop» and his city grows in one second. What did real cities need? — right ✓ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/t4/) — Ella: "John Snow? Like, the Game of Thrones guy?" Dad: "Different one, love." What did the real John Snow do? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/t5/) — Charlie's mate: "Flush loos are ancient, the Romans had 'em in every house, no cap." What's more exact? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/t6/) — On an Edinburgh ghost tour the guide yells "Gardyloo!" and says, "Aye, hen, folk chucked muck oot the windaes every night." ("Hen" means dear; "oot the windaes" means out of the windows.) What's the fair picture? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/t7/) — Oscar's brother: "London just burnt down in 1666 and that was it, game over." What actually followed? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/t8/) — Leah's grandad: "Back in my day, kiddo, streets were proper dark." Before 1807, how were most London streets at night? — right ✓ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/t9/) — Ollie's big bro: "The Tube's older than your great-great-grandad, bruv." ("Bruv" means brother, mate.) Is he right? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/t10/) — Ava's friend: "Central Park was just a forest they forgot to cut down." What's true? — right ✓ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/t11/) — Mila turns the tap and her teacher says, "Not everyone can do that." What would happen if a city had no clean water and no sewers? — wrong ✗ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/t12/) — Finn holds his nose by the Thames. "Was London always this whiffy?" ("Whiffy" means smelly.) Guide: "Worse in 1858!" Why did things get better? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/e1/) — Identify the principal consequence of the investigation undertaken by John Snow in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the proportion of humanity residing in urban areas prior to the twenty-first century? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the works of Joseph Bazalgette. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/e4/) — Ascertain the approximate number of persons who at present lack safe drinking water within the home. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [72. 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