Ancient Rome Internet Activity
Log on to: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/
Directions: Use the website above to find the answers to the questions. Write your answers in
complete sentences. Enjoy!
Click on the link for Roman Government to answer these questions:
1. What are consuls and what was their role?
2. Who was a part of the Senate and Assembly?
3. How did poor people in Rome get a voice in matters?
4. Why does the system start to fail?
Find Daily Life and click on the link for Dice Games to answer these questions:
5. The most common games Romans played were what kinds of games?
6. What are three other kinds of games Romans played?
7. To the Romans, physical fitness was not so much about the gods, but more about being able to
do what?
Find Roman Economy to answer these questions:
8. The economy for the Romans revolved around _________________________.
9. How did these people make money?
10. What role did women play in the villages?
11. When trades went outside the empire for goods, where did they go and what were the looking
for?
Click on the link for Roman Religion to answer the following questions:
12. Romans believed in __________ _____________ AKA ______________________
13. What does “du ut des” mean?
14. For the Romans, who was the chief of the G-ds?
15. What are some similarities between the Greek and Roman G-ds?
16. Where there any other religions that people practiced throughout the empire?
Click on History of Christianity to answer the last question:
17. What was the appeal of Christianity to the people living in the Roman Empire?