Name:
The Religion of Rome
Pages 15 to 19
Responses must be sentences
1.How was religion different between the Roman
and Egyptian civilization?
Which civilization expressed personal devotion
and which civilization tried to communicate with
the gods.
2. Define: ritual (glossary in back of book)
3. What did the ancient Romans want to know from
the gods?
4. At first Roman gods were different from Greek
gods. Greek gods had human form
What did the original Roman gods come from
and what did the people believe?
5. What did Eninus do in 100BC?
6. Make a chart in the column including the names
for the Roman and Greek gods for:
War, Water, Love
*****Do this question last because you may need
to search on the Internet
7. Explain what a religious ritual may have
included during roman times.
8. Explain a religious ritual from your religion or
one you are familiar with. Please include details
and why the ritual is important to believers.
9. What were some of the items Romans
offered to the gods?
10. Define: divination (glossary in back of book)
11. What would the Romans believe was divination
from a god? In other words what were some
examples what a divination may look like to the
Romans?
12. Define: oracle (glossary in back of book)
13. Where were the placers where Romans
practiced their religion?
14. Name and explain the 3 gods Romans
worshiped at home.
1.
2.
3.
14. Explain who were the Vestal Virgins including
in a paragraph how they were chosen, their
responsibilities as well other information from the
passage.
15. What was the 2 purposes of a Roman temples?
1.
2.
16. Romans adopted what from Greek religion?
17. What other way did Roman’s add to their
religion?
18. What were two religions the Romans did not
tolerate?
19. Where people permitted to practice these
religions? What happened sometimes to
followers?
20. Explain why you think Romans did not support
these two religions from question 18? How were
these two religions different from Roman beliefs?
21. Provide details from column one on page 19,
photos on pp. 16, and 17, and the insert Amazing
Dome on what temples built by the Romans looked
like including the builders, the greatest one, etc.
Use the information from the text to WRITE A
PARAGRAPH on the BEAUTY OR ROMAN
TEMPLES.