Roman Legacies

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What did the Romans create that allowed them to bring fresh water into their cities?

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Aqueducts

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What building material did the Romans use extensively when building their empire? Options: Steel, Concrete, Mud Brick, Stucco

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Concrete

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What architectural feature did the Romans use extensively that enabled them to build larger stable structures? Options: The arch, The flying buttress, The truss, The ionic column

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The arch

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All of the following are civic legacies of Ancient Rome EXCEPT: The Census, The Senate, Direct Democracy, Republic Form of Gov't

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Direct Democracy

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What is this structure called? Options: roof, dome, arch, column

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arch

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Which Roman achievement helped the army travel quickly throughout the empire?

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roads

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What was a challenge of building the aqueducts?

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The angle had to be just right for the water to flow down.

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What evidence do we have today that the Romans built high quality bridges and aqueducts?

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We can still see some of them today.

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The Romans got many of their techniques in architecture from the ______________.

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Greeks

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What language was spoken in ancient Rome?

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Latin