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Tuakana G Pompeii

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The city of Pompeii was located in the country

a)

Italy

b)

England

c)

New Zealand

d)

America

2.

What is the name of the volcano that erupted in Italy in AD 79.

a)

Mt. St Helens

b)

Mt. Etna

c)

Mt. Vesuvius

d)

Mt. Rushmore

3.

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

a)

Rome

b)

Herculaneum

c)

Gaul

d)

Eruption

4.

How was the city of Pompeii destroyed?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Volcano erupting

c)

War

d)

Floods

5.

The plaster casts of Pompeii show us

a)

How many Pompeiinians died in the event

b)

The economic status of the citizens

c)

How the city thrived after the eruption

d)

the last moments of people's lives

6.

Over twenty thousand people used to live in Pompeii.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

How did the bodies of the people from Pompeii preserve?

a)

The heat of the lava.

b)

The initial blast from the volcano

c)

Volcanic ash

d)

Heat

8.

When was Mount Vesuvius' most recent eruption?

a)

70 B.C.

b)

1944

c)

2020

d)

1978

9.

Vesuvius is still active today.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

People that lived in Pompeii knew that Vesuvius was a volcano.

a)

True

b)

False