Lesson 21 Quiz

Who were Romulus and Remus?

• opposing generals in a war

• explorers on a famous river

• the mythical founders of Rome

• colonists from ancient Greece

Who first lived in the area that would become Rome?

• Latins

• Greeks

• Etruscans

• Macedonians

What landscape would an early visitor to Rome have seen?

• a plain by the sea

• a hill beside a river

• a mountainous island

• a lake surrounded by hills

What tourist sights in Rome show Etruscan influence?

• buildings with arches

• fields of bright flowers

• large public courtyards

• windmills to water crops

What was one reason why the Etruscans might build a cuniculus?

• to entertain the people

• to farm on steep hillsides

• to carry water to their cities

• to conquer neighboring tribes

Which dangerous sport did the Romans adapt from the Etruscans?

• long jumping

• chariot racing

• pole throwing

• bear wrestling

Regarding the gods, the Romans cared more than the Greeks about

• telling their stories.

• seeing plays about them.

• honoring them with sports.

• performing the correct rituals.

How did Romans learn about Greek culture?

• They moved to Greece.

• They sold slaves to Greece.

• Greek colonists had settled nearby.

• Greek leaders met with Roman leaders.

How did the Romans get their alphabet?

• directly from the Greeks, who invented it

• directly from the Etruscans, who invented it

• from the Etruscans, who got it from the Greeks

• from the Greeks, who got it from the Etruscans

Why do historians use the term “Greco-Roman art”?

• Roman art shows a strong influence from Greece.

• The same artists worked in both Greece and Rome.

• Greeks admired Roman styles and tried to imitate them.

• Scholars cannot tell whether a work is Greek or Roman.