--- title: Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and o… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · History description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 74 «Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and of today» 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/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/) [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 then and now: the biggest citie… # Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and of today The 16 questions of lesson 74 «Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and of today» of the history course of Mova's primary school with their options, 104 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/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/t1/) — Tariq: "Tokyo's the biggest city, easy." His cousin: "Nah bhai, Dhaka!" ("Bhai" means brother.) His mate from Jakarta: "No way, Jakarta!" Who's right? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/t2/) — Mei rattles off: "Uruk, Rome, Chang'an, London, New York, Tokyo!" Her mate: "The biggest city was always in Europe, innit." What's fair? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/t3/) — Jayden: "Megacities? Like, mega-huge, skibidi huge?" What's the real meaning? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/t4/) — Ade from Lagos: "Lagos dey grow sharp sharp, e be like say e no go stop o!" ("Sharp sharp" means very fast, in Nigerian Pidgin.) What does this show? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/t5/) — Sofia sees tin-roof homes on telly. Her cousin: "They just like living like that, it's their vibe." Fairer view? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/t6/) — Ben stares at the Burj Khalifa: "Bro, how is it not falling down?" What would happen if there were no safe lifts? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/t7/) — Liam's mate: "Angkor was lost in the jungle till explorers found it." Liam: "Sus." ("Sus" means suspicious.) Why is Liam right to doubt it? — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/t8/) — Ava's Missouri uncle: "Y'all, there wasn't nothin' here but prairie before St Louis." ("Y'all" means you all.) What does Cahokia show? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/t9/) — Leo: "Why build a whole capital from scratch, that's mad." What's a reason? — right ✓ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/t10/) — Kai from an Iowa farm: "City kids think food comes from shops lol." What is true? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/t11/) — Emma's dad, a bit salty: "No cars in the centre? How'm I s'posed to get to work?" ("Salty" means annoyed.) What's the balanced view? — wrong ✗ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/t12/) — In Europa Universalis, Mei's capital Beijing has the biggest number on the map for centuries. What does real history say? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/e1/) — Identify the city which a report of the United Nations published in two thousand and twenty-five ranked as the most populous. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the designation «megacity»? — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Cahokia. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/e4/) — Ascertain the reason for which certain capitals, such as Brasília and Canberra, were established anew. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [73. Cities: why they grow, and how water and sewers…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/) - next →: [75. Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, ches…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/75-ideas-on-the-move-numbers-paper-letters-chess-and-news/) - ↑ back to [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/)