F & C L32 Geography and Early Rome

The Roman civilization began in the city of Rome, which is located in

• France

• Japan

• Italy

• Russia

The Roman myth about the founding of Rome centers on the characters

• Romulus and Remus

• Etruscan and Greece

• Virgil and Aeneas

• Zeus and Aphrodite

Which of the following is true of the Etruscans?

• No one knows the exact origin of the Etruscans

• The Etruscans ruled Rome and other parts of Italy.

• The Etruscans both built and conquered city-states.

• all of the above

The Romans learned about Greek culture when

• the Greeks invaded Rome multiple times

• Greek colonists established towns in Italy.

• the Etruscans and Greeks became alliances.

• the Greeks and Romans joined together.

The Romans adapted the cuniculus from the Etruscans. A cuniculus is

• an underground irrigation system

• a stone supported by two pillars.

• a tool that plows and waters crops.

• a machine that sharpens knives.

After adapting the arch and the cuniculus, the Romans

• illegally copied the Etruscans' inventions.

• sold the Etruscans more advanced versions.

• became better engineers than the Etruscans.

• took a majority of the Etruscan's customers.

The Romans adapted slave fighting from the Etruscans. Slave fighting involved two slaves

• wrestling each other, and ended with the winner being granted freedom.

• participating in a relay race, in which the loser was publically executed.

• of a dead master fighting with swords and small shields to the death.

• having a hunting competition so that their masters did not have to hunt.

What was the Romans' response to the Greeks' marble temples and columns?

• The Romans constructed exact replicas of various Greek religious temples

• The Romans often publically mocked the Greeks' temples and columns

• The Romans incorporated the Greeks' design into their own public buildings

• The Romans became competitive with the Greeks about building better temples.

The Greeks' art influenced Roman sculpture and painting so much that historians speak of

• "Greco-Roman art."

• "Roman-Greek art."

• "Roman-Etruscan art."

• "Etruscan-Greek art."

Roman writers were influenced by the Greeks'

• religious writings.

• historical contracts.

• legal documents.

• poetry and myths.