Pompeii Quiz

Applying tint to plaster to paint an image into a wall is known as a _______

• Fresco

• Mural

• Mosaic

• Landscape

Pompeii was a Roman city built near

• Mt. Vesuvius

• Herculaneum

• Mt. Saint Helens

• Athens

The city of Pompeii was located in the country

• Greece

• England

• Italy

• Ireland

The city of Pompeii was destroyed due to

• Flooding

• Earthquakes

• Warfare

• Volcanic Eruption

The cities destroyed by the eruption included

• Herculaneum, Pompeii,

• Pompeii, Rome

• Herculaneum, Misenum

Pompeii is an example of __________ __________ life

• Greco-Roman

• Persian-Egyptian

• Chinese-American

• Roman-English

The ruins of Pompeii show archeologists

• How cities were set up in the 1st century B.C.E.

• The daily life of a citizen of Pompeii

• What kinds of food/food preparation were being used by the people

• All of the above

The ruins of Pompeii are excellent sources of

• Legacies

• Myths

• Legends

• Fables

The plaster casts of Pompeii show us

• How many Pompeiinians died in the event

• The economic status of the citizens

• How the city thrived after the eruption

• the last moments of people's lives

The social status of people living in Pompeii determined if they lived or died

• True

• False