Pompeii Quiz

What is the name of the volcano that destroyed Pompeii?

• Mt Pompeii

• Mt Aetna

• Mt Vesuvius

What was the name of the other city destroyed by the eruption?

• Rome
• Herculaneum
• Latium
• Gaul

The city of Pompeii was located in the country:

• Greece

• England

• Italy

• Ireland

The city of Pompeii was destroyed due to

• Flooding

• Earthquakes

• Warfare

• Volcanic Eruption

The ruins of Pompeii show archaeologists

• How cities were set up in the 1st century B.C.E.

• The daily life of a citizen of Pompeii

• What kinds of food and food preparation were being used by the people

• All of the above

The plaster casts of Pompeii show us

• How many Pompeiians died in the event

• The economic status of the citizens

• How the city thrived after the eruption

• The last moments of people's lives

Over twenty thousand people used to live in Pompeii.

• True

• False

How were the bodies of the people from Pompeii preserved?

• The heat of the lava.

• The initial blast.

• The heat.

• Volcanic ash

When was Mount Vesuvius' most recent eruption?

• 1933

• 1944

• 1966

• 1977

What was surprising about Pompeii's discovery?

• The buildings had decayed.

• There were few remains.

• The city was mostly intact.

• There were no artifacts.