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WorksheetsThe Last Day of Pompeii
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 12mins
What day did Vesuvius start erupting on?
March 5, AD 90
August 24, AD 79
January 14, AD 85
September 29, AD 55
There were (a) people in Pompeii at the time
What type of volcano was Vesuvius?
Icelandic Volcano
Composite Volcano
Shield Volcano
Plinian Volcano
Cooled magma formed...
Ash
Pumice stones
Smoke
Layers of rock
Admiral Pliny set out to....
Bring supplies to the citizens
Take samples of earth around the volcano
Rescue citizens by boat
Study the reactions of the citizens
What is the name of the surge cloud that covered both Pompeii and Herculaneum?
Pyroclastic Surge
Ashenastic Surge
Rushing Surge
Magnatudal Surge
How many times hotter than boiling water was the surge cloud?
(a)
What did NOT happen to people in the boat house when they were dying of thermal shock?
Their teeth shattered
Their brains boiled
Their tongues exploded
Their tissue vaporized
(a) wrote the accounts that tell us about this story today
What remains of the citizens of Pompeii?
Their skeletons
Plaster casts
Their city
Their belongings
For people that inhaled hot ash, how did they actually die?
Incineration
Poisoning
Suffocation
They were okay if they inhaled hot ash
How deeply was the city of Pompeii buried due to the eruption?
15-20 feet
4-6 feet
8-11 feet
25-30 feet
Many people fled to (a)
The plume from the volcano could be seen over (a)
When were the first remains of Pompeii found?
1613
1732
1947
1594
Early excavations of the site were mainly motivated by the hunt for _____
Architecture
Treasure
Literature
Old records
True or False: archaeologists can tell a person's relative status in life by looking at their skeleton
True
False
Herculaneum has not had as much of its area excavated as Pompeii due to the fact that _________.
Most of the town is most likely destroyed and irreparable
The volcanic rock that solidified there is harder to get through
Weather is much worse in that city, which prevents digging
It is of less interest culturally than Pompeii
