Pompeii

What was/is Pompeii?

• A city in ancient Rome buried by the eruption of a volcano
• A volcano
• A battle that took place in Greece
• A famous roman ruler

What Volcano destroyed Pompeii? 

• Mount Vesuvus
• Yellowstone
• Mount Ruhapehu
• Moana Loa

When a volcano erupts, heaps of ash comes out? 

• True
• False

What is lava? 

• Hot water
• Cold water
• A hot substance that comes out of volcanoes
• Deadly snakes

Where is Mount Vesuvius? 

• United states
• In the city of Pompeii
• In Italy
• In Greece

When did Mount Vesuvius last erupt?

• 48AD
• 14AD
• 55AD
• 79AD

Around how many people died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius? 

• 1,000
• 16,000
• 400
• 10,000

True or False: The people of Pompeii knew that the mountain was going to erupt any day. They were very prepared.

• True
• False

What did archaeologists find when they dug up the city of Pompeii nearly 2,000 years later?

• Only a few buildings have remained
• Pompeii never existed
• That everything was completely destroyed
• That the city was well persevered under the ash and debis