8.4 Roman Culture and Legacy

Which is NOT a major Roman contribution to the world?

• art

• language

• law

• gunpowder

What is the shared Roman and Greek culture known as?

• Greco-Roman

• Hellenistic

• Elitist

• Romanist

Small pieces of colored glass or tiles that make a design are called ___________.

• hipsters

• mosaics

• grid art

• collages

Roman sculptures typically . . . . .

• make their subjects look ideal, almost perfect

• make their subjects look like they do in real life

• were made mainly of clay

• were completed mostly by slave labor

The main language in ancient Rome was

• Spanish

• French

• English

• Latin

Which of these is NOT a Romance Language?

• Spanish

• English

• Italian

• Portuguese

The art of giving speeches

• literary

• oratory

• libel

• speechify

Which of these is NOT a famous Roman writer?

• Cicero

• Juvenal

• Virgil

• Studebaker (He can't even write his way out of a paper bag, pick this one)

The reason why gladiator games began in the first place

• people were bored and invented a new sport

• as a way to punish and torment the Christians

• they were an Etruscan funeral custom

• people needed something to bet on

Most gladiators were . . . . . .

• soldiers

• plebeians

• slaves, prisoners of war, and criminals

• patricians