When Ash Fell Like Rain

Why were the people of Pompeii unafraid of Mt. Vesuvius?

• It had not erupted for centuries.

• They didn't know about volcanoes.

• Pompeii was many miles from the mountain.

• The volcano was across the Mediterranean Sea.

What is a pyroclastic cloud?

• heated air and water vapor over an erupting volcano

• areas of lightning caused by an eruption

• a cloud so thick and black that it blocks the sun

• a surge of gas, rock, and ash that moves across the ground

Some people were buried in ash almost instantly.

• True

• False

Why is Pompeii so valuable to historians?

• It is the only known Roman vacation resort.

• The ash preserved what was left of the town.

• It is the only complete Roman city.

• There are no written records about it.

Pumice is

• Only found near the Mediterranean Sea

• The rubble from collapsed buildings

• Rock that has been smoothed and polished

• Rock made of cooled magma

Pompeii was about the same size as

• Lebanon

• Annville

• Philadelphia

• Reading

Why did Pliny the Elder die?

• He led a rescue operation after the eruption.

• He was buried instantly in ash.

• He did not leave Pompeii in time.

• He tried to explore Pompeii before the eruption was over.

Which statement about the Pompeii survivors is true?

• Emperor Titus had no sympathy for them.

• They had to settle in new parts of the empire

• There were no survivors.

• They died soon after breathing toxic gas..

Archaeologists tried to do what at Pompeii?

• Find valuable objects to sell

• Learn to predict when volcanoes will erupt

• Create a tourist attraction

• Preserve every possible artifact

Plaster casting at Pompeii revealed

• The figures of people in the positions in which they died

• The layout of streets, markets, and houses

• The design of Roman pottery and stone work

• The flow of lava into the town