WorksheetsGladiators
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a gladiator?
a)
A slave who was in the army in the front lines
b)
A man trained to fight against other men and animals
c)
The ruler of Rome
d)
A pirate
2.
Were gladiators always slaves?
a)
Yes
b)
No
3.
True or False: If a gladiator didn't fight to the death, they will be punished with death.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
True or false: Most of the time, the gladiators fought animals
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Did women fight as gladiators?
a)
Yes
b)
No
6.
How did gladiators train to fight?
a)
They went to gladiator school
b)
They didn't. They were thrown into an arena to fight.
c)
They were given a few pointers, then forced to fight.
7.
True or false: There are different types of gladiators
a)
true
b)
false
8.
What were gladiators called after they finished initial training?
a)
Tirones gladiatores or Trio
b)
Novice gladitators
c)
Unicornis
9.
How many types of gladiators are there in Rome
a)
There is no definite answer
b)
22
c)
37
d)
None of the above
10.
True or false: The first Roman gladiators were prisoners of war
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The Latin word _________, or sand (which was what the fighting areas were built of), led to the word "arena"
a)
harena
b)
nullum
c)
pugna
12.
All people who were gladiators were forced to be one
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Criminals were gladiators
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Many people in Rome cared about the gladiator fights
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Religious figures despised gladiator-fighting
a)
False
b)
True
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