Life in Rome II: Week 17

Which volcano in Europe erupted in A.D. 79 to cover the city of Pompeii, and is still an active volcano today?

• Mount Everest

• Mount Etna

• Mount Vesuvius

• Mount St. Helens

What is the number 2013 in Roman numerals?

• MMXIII

• XXIIMM

• DDIMX

• MMML

What were the Twelve Tables?

• a place to eat

• where the gladiators waited under the colosseum

• seats for wealthy people in Circus Maximus

• a group of laws displayed in the Roman Forum

What was one food that the Romans never ate?

• fish

• sugar

• ostrich

• peacock

Which emperor built a wall around northern England to mark the boundary of the Roman Empire?

• Caesar Augustus

• Virgil

• Hadrian

• Cicero

Why do people live at the base of active volcanoes in spite of the danger?

• pleasant climate

• fertile soil for farming from volcanic ash

• beautiful scenery

• mountain climbing

Virgil wrote a famous epic poem in which the hero Aeneas escaped from what city?

• Athens

• Rome

• Carthage

• Troy

Use the chart and what you know to answer this question.

Which of the following could best be added to the accomplishments of the emperor Augustus during the Pax Romana, or Roman Peace?

• wrote an epic poem called the “Aeneid”

• was a gladiator before becoming emperor

• built the Pantheon to honor the Roman gods

• placed honest people in the government

What covered the tablets where Roman students wrote their lessons?

• wax

• paper

• clay

• mirrors

Which of the following was not a danger of the chariot races in the Circus Maximus?

• bring killed by lions

• chariots turning over

• wheels coming off the chariot

• falling off the chariot