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Homework/Worksheet on Roman City Movie
Directions: Put your answer, a capital letter, on the blanks in the margin.
1. The Romans planned their cities in the form of :
(A) a circle (B) a square grid (C) a triangle (D) graduated levels
2. The main square of a Roman city was called the :
(A) forum (B) basilica (C) pomerium (D) macellum
3. The sacred trench cut before the outer walls were built was called the:
(A) forum (B) basilica (C) pomerium (D) macellum
4. Law courts were held in a building called the :
(A) forum (B) basilica (C) pomerium (D) macellum
5. The Capitoline Triad, whose temple was the main temple in the forum, was dedicated to:
(A) Zeus, Hera, Athena (B) Ares, Mars, Mercury
(C) Jupiter, Juno, Minerva (D) Diana, Apollo, Juno
6. The ancient region of Gaul is now known as :
(A) Spain (B) Portugal (C) Belgium (D) France
7. In the image of the she-wolf nursing 2 infants, the 2 infants are:
(A) Apollo & Diana (B) Hercules & Perseus
(C) Romulus & Remus (D) Brutus & Cassius
8. The Romans liked to use the arch because it:
(A) could support a lot of weight (B) could bend
(C) was rounded (D) looked attractive
9. The Pont du Gard is an example of a(n):
(A) aqueduct bridge (B) pontoon bridge (C) forum (D) fortress
10. Which of of the following was the hot bath in the thermae?
(A) frigidarium (B) natatio (C) caldarium (D) tepidarium
11. Which of of the following was the lukewarm bath in the thermae?
(A) frigidarium (B) natatio (C) caldarium (D) tepidarium
12. The Romans invented concrete which is a mixture of :
(A) stone & sand (B) stone & cement
(C) rubble & flintstone (D) water & sand
13. The Romans borrowed ideas of tragedy and comedy from the:
(A) Egyptians (B) Persians (C) Greeks (D) Gauls
14. Chariot races were held in Rome at the:
(A) Flavian Amphitheater (B) Circus Maximus
(C) Colosseum (D) Cloaca Maxima
15. The covered walkway with columns in the garden area of a Roman house is the:
(A) thermae (B) impluvium (C) insulae (D) peristyle
16. A Roman apartment building was called:
(A) thermae (B) impluvium (C) insulae (D) peristyle
17. “Blackbirds flying in the wrong direction” is an example of a:
(A) sacrifice (B) portent (C) storm (D) avian flu
18. A barrel vault is simply a(n):
(A) series of arches (B) line of columns (C) flying arch (D) peristyle
19. The velarium for an amphitheater was used to:
(A) clean the arena (B) help the spectators hear
(C) shield the sun (D) keep out the rain
20. The velarium was operated by Roman:
(A) slaves (B) sailors (C) soldiers (D) spectators
21. The port city of Rome was:
(A) Tiber (B) Ostia (C) Venice (D) Portus Tiberinus
22. The Romans collected rain water in a pool called the:
(A) thermae (B) impluvium (C) insulae (D) peristyle
23. The original name for the Colosseum was the:
(A) Flavian Amphitheater (B) Circus Maximus
(C) Horologium Augusti (D) Cloaca Maxima
24. You would find the following in an ancient Roman street, EXCEPT:
(A) thermae (B) sewer drains (C) stepping stones (D) fountains
25. You would find the following inside the walls of an ancient Roman city, EXCEPT:
(A) thermae (B) hot food counters (C) cemetery (D) public bathrooms
(Fill in the blank):
#1. When given citizenship by the emperor Augustus, Aiden’s name was changed to:
#2. Write out the Roman word for a market (mentioned somewhere on this paper):
I. Draw a map/floorplan of a Roman house (domus) or domus Romana / domus Pompeiiana.
Identify: (1) tabernae (shops), (2) vestibulum (entrance outside the iānua), (3) ianua (door), (4) faucēs (entrance passageway), (5) cella (room for doorkeeper), (6) cubicula (bedrooms), (7) ātrium (entrance hall), (8) impluvium (rainwater pool below compluvium), (9) lararium (shrine for household gods), (10) āla (alcove), (11) tablīnum (study), (12) andron (passage to back of the house), (13) culīna (kitchen), (14) postīcum (servants’ entrance), (15) trīclīnium (diningroom), (16) peristylium / hortus (garden), (17) piscīna (fishpond), (18) imāginēs (portrait busts of family)
II. Draw a map/floorplan of the Roman forum or Forum Romanum