Question

Which describes a city-state?    A.

a region of farmers who organize the local trade center    B. an urban center with a government and defensive fortifications    C. a city whose government answers to a state or provincial government    D. an independent city with political control over the surrounding area I think it's D

Answer 1

D would be correct, yep.

City-states would be independent, but their power would extend very little outside of the city-states borders.