Vocab
Comp
Main Idea
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Greeks
Roman
100
In art class, we made a ________.
What is mosiac
100
The greatest period of Greek civilization was ______ years ago. a. 100 years ago b. 1,000 years ago c. 2,500 years ago d. 3,5000 years ago
What is 2,500 years ago
100
What details support the main idea that the lives of the ancient Greeks affect our lives even today? 100 points for every example named.
Politics, language, literature, art, and sports of countries around the world have some kind of link to the ancient Greek civilization
100
Why do you think the temple of Erechtheion was held up by statues of women rather than by ordinary columns?
The statues of women were built to symbolize goddesses with superhuman strength.
100
Why were women in Athens generally not able to read or write?
Girls did not go to school.
200
Define hygienc and name three ways that you practice good hygiene
What is hygiene
200
How do we know indoor running wter is not a new invention?
Ancient Greek houses had indoor running water.
200
On page 333, what is the main idea of the caption for the bust of pericles? What is one detail?
Pericles wasa great leader of Athens and he led Athens in the war with Sparta.
200
Why do you think people of today would want to see a play written by the ancient Greeks?
The play's message could still be true today
200
Athens was a rich and powerful city-state because...
Slaves mined silver from the mine just outside the city
300
Define emblem and use it in a sentence
What is a symbol of something or a sign. Sentences may vary
300
All the following took place at the forum except a. training troops b. trading goods c. participating in city council meetings d. listening to speeches.
What is training of troops
300
What ideas did the Latini get from the Greeks and Etruscans?
Ideas about religion and the use of the alphabet
300
Flooding from the Tiber River caused problems in Rome. Why, then do you think people built the city along the river?
The river provided a source of water and a means of transportation.
300
The Greeks planned their temples by using the study of _____
What is mathematics
400
Bonus question: Daily Double When a fire destroyed our house, it was necessary to ______ the kitchen but we didn't have to build an _________ like the ancient times.
What is reconstruct and aqueduct
400
Name examples that shows Romans were concerned with health and hygiene
They built sewage system and adueducts. They attended bath houses.
400
What are some of the details that support the main idea that Rome had become the largest and most impressive city in the world?
A million , lived there, the city was crowded with houses, apartments, public bath houses, and shops. It had the Circus Maximus and the Colosseum, huge amounts of grain were needed, and it had an impressive network of roads. 100 bonus points for every example
400
How does ancient Roman art help us know more about life in ancient Rome?
Mosaics and other kinds of art show important daily activities.
400
The Roman Empire was linked by an impressive network of roads. In this text, network refers tos
A system in which the part are connected
500
Fill in the blanks: Would you like to spend this summer traveling in the ______ of Italy? A team of students will piece together a stone _______ that has recently been discovered. It will reveal an _______ that may picture important information about the culture of the ancient Romans.
What is provinces, mosiac, emblem
500
Bonus Round: Daily Double What is the present day importance of Pompeii and Herculaneum?
They show what Roman life was like in AD 79 when Mount Vesuvius erupted and covered most of those cities.
500
How do you know clean water and efficient sewage systems were important to the ancient Romans?
They built sewage systems like aqueducts which carried clean water across several miles.
500
Why were the archaeological discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum exiciting to people?
As the towns were uncovered, people got a chance to see how ancient to lava, had covered the cities,everything in them was still there for archeologists to study.
500
The Roman language is called "Latin" because
The original settlers were the Latini tribe
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