Stage 28 Culture Quiz

When did Julius Caesar come to Britain?

• 100 BC

• 55 BC

• 1492

• 753 BC

How many times did Julius Caesar go to Britain?

• once

• twice

• three times

• never

Whom did Tacitus write about?

• Julius Caesar

• Domitian

• Augustus Caesar

• Agricola

What is the job of an Archaeologist?

• to study past cultures, by analyzing artifacts, remains and ruins

• To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs

• To find cool stuff underground

• To study the relationship between geography and fossils

What is an artifact?

• An imprint of a plant from long ago
• The remains of a person from long ago
• A food prepared or eaten by humans
• An object made or used by humans 

An area where archaeologist dig things up from the past is called

• site 
• wash
• hole
• laboratory

What two things can help date an archaeological site?

• Roman coins and pottery

• jewelry and tools

• Roman mosaics and homes

• bones and tiles

What is the source for much of the inscriptional evidence about Roman Britain?

• temples

• letters

• tombstones

• books

True of False: Roman towns are laid out in a grid system.

• True

• False

Knowledge of Roman Britain comes partly from literary evidence. Apart from the Romans, which other ancient people wrote about Britain?

• The Persians

• The Greeks

• The Chinese