fi
Name a word that means "a picture painted directly on a wall or ceiling".
*mural
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fi
Although most paintings were wall murals, some paintings were done on
thisi material. Can you name it?
*wood
*cloth
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fi
What was the name of the volcano that erupted and buried Pompeii?
*Mount Vesuvius
*Mt. Vesuvius
*Vesuvius
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tf
Still-life pictures of food and tableware were popular on Roman walls.
*True
False
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mc
Is Pompeii located in Northern or Southern Italy?
Northern
*Southern
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fi
What do we call the study of ancienty peoples and their cultures?
*Archaeology
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fi
What type of armor worn by early Roman soldiers
rings connected together by wire?
*mail
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was made of tiny iron
fi
A javelin is a type of ______________________?
*spear
*arrow
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tf
A soldier wore a scarf to keep his armor from rubbing his neck.
*True
False
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fi
What machine was used to throw huge rocks at the enemy?
*catapult
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fi
Archers shot behind a protective screen made from wickerwork and covered
with what?
*animal hides
*animal skins
*hides
*skins
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fi
How many soldiers made up a century in early Roman armies?
*100
*hundred
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fi
What do we call a stone pillar that is set up on a road to show the
distance between cities?
*milestones
*milestone
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fi
What is the name of the plant material used by Roman designers to write
on?
*papyrus
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tf
True or False? Roman carvers used a drawing compass to help them arrange
the letters on the stone they were to inscribe.
*True
False
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mc
Did Roman stone carvers use upper or lower case letters in their
inscriptions?
*upper case letters
lower case letters
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mc
The Roman alphabet is based on another country's alphabet.
other country.
Italy
*Greece
Britain
China
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Name this
fi
What is another name for a person who works with stone, brick or
concrete?
*Mason
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mc
Who taught the Romans a lot about bread baking?
*Greeks
English
Americans
Chinese
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mc
What is yeast?
*a tiny plant
single-celled animal
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tf
True or False? The Romans heated their bread ovens with natural gas.
True
*False
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fi
What is the name of the table located in a temple?
*altar
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fi
What is the name of the temple in Rome dedicated to all the gods?
*Partheon
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tf
True or False? Some Roman temples were used to house great works of art,
sculpture, state treasuries and the loot from wars.
*True
False
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fi
What was kept in the cella, the locked room inside a temple?
*The statue
*statue
*statue of god
*statue of god or goddess
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fi
Romans imported more than 40,000 tons (36,287 metric tons) of what
product grown in Africa and Egypt?
*grain
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fi
Because this oil soaks into the pottery, jars that held it were destroyed
and used for ship's ballast. Name the oil.
*olive
*olive oil
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tf
True or False? Roman merchant seamen used compasses to help them
navigate.
True
*False
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tf
True or False? Amphoras is the plural of the word amphora
True
*False
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fi
Ostia was an important port because it was connected to Rome by a river.
Name the river.
*Tiber
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mc
How were goods usually transported?
by land
*by sea
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fi
What were the men called who fought in the Colosseum?
*gladiators
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How was the outside of the Colosseum decorated?
*statues
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What did a bestiarius fight against in the arena?
*wild animals
*animals
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fi
Name the word that means "theater on both sides".
*amphitheater
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fi
What large piece of machinery was used to build the Colosseum and is
still used today?
*crane
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fi
The name "Colosseum" comes from the solossal statue of which emperor that
once stood on the arena's site?
*Nero
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mc
Many statues in Rome were imported from what country?
Italy
*Greece
China
England
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tf
True or False? Roman artists could create a stone head that looked very
realistic.
*True
False
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fi
What word means "a piece of sculpture representing the head and shoulders
of a human body"?
*bust
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