Early Development of Rome

The Roman civilization began in the city of Rome, which is located in

• France

• Japan

• Italy

• Russia

The Roman myth about the founding of Rome centers on the characters

• Romulus and Remus

• Etruscan and Greece

• Virgil and Aeneas

• Zeus and Aphrodite

Which of the following is true of the Etruscans and the Greeks?

• They were the Roman' enemies who ultimately defeated them.

• They were Rome's neighbors, and influenced Roman culture.

• They joined together to conquer Rome, but they were defeated.

• They were the first people to settle in Rome and start an empire.

The Romans adapted the cuniculus from the Etruscans. A cuniculus is

• an underground irrigation system

• a stone supported by two pillars.

• a tool that plows and waters crops.

• a machine that sharpens knives.

Eventually the Romans learned to use _____ to make larger buildings, like the Pantheon.

• concrete

• marble

• mosaics

• aluminum

In Roman sporting events, thousands of slaves died fighting for public entertainment as

• viziers

• gladiators

• cuniculi

• ascetics

Which of the following is true of how the Greek alphabet directly influenced the Romans' writing?

• The Romans wrote in all capital letters like the Greeks.

• The Romans wrote in all lower case letters like the Greeks.

• The Romans used a very similar vocabulary as the Greeks.

• The Romans used the exact same alphabet as the Greeks.

How did the early Romans change the Greek gods they adapted?

• They provided them with Roman names.

• They gave them very different abilities.

• They changed their roles in their religion.

• They combined Zeus and Aphrodite.

Who were the first people to live in the area that would become Rome?

• Latins

• Greeks

• Etruscans

• Macedonians

The ______ was one engineering idea that Rome borrowed from Etrusca?

• Wedge

• Arch

• Pottery

• armour