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Rome Section 1- Vocab

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Aqueduct

a)

a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.

b)

an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.

c)

a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

d)

a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

2.

arch

a)

Publius Vergilius Maro was a classical Roman poet.

b)

a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.

c)

Public speaking

d)

a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

3.

basrelief

a)

A recorded interview with a person whose experience and memories have historical significance

b)

A realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background

c)

Former Roman emperor

d)

The language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration.

4.

emperor

a)

A realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background

b)

an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.

c)

a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.

d)

a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.

5.

fresco

a)

The language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration.

b)

This 200-year period saw unprecedented peace and economic prosperity throughout the Empire

c)

a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

d)

a source that was created later by someone that did not experience firsthand or participate in the events in which the author is writing about.

6.

mosaic

a)

a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.

b)

Public speaking

c)

an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.

d)

a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.

7.

oral history

a)

a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

b)

A recorded interview with a person whose experience and memories have historical significance

c)

Publius Vergilius Maro was a classical Roman poet.

d)

The language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration.

8.

oratory

a)

A realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background

b)

immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it.

c)

an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.

d)

Public speaking

9.

Primary source

a)

Former Roman emperor

b)

Publius Vergilius Maro was a classical Roman poet.

c)

immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it.

d)

a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.

10.

Secondary source

a)

a source that was created later by someone that did not experience firsthand or participate in the events in which the author is writing about.

b)

a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

c)

a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

d)

immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it.

11.

agustis

a)

an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.

b)

A realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background

c)

Former Roman emperor

d)

a classical Roman poet.

12.

Latin

a)

A recorded interview with a person whose experience and memories have historical significance

b)

The language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration.

c)

immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it.

d)

Public speaking

13.

Pax Romana

a)

a source that was created later by someone that did not experience firsthand or participate in the events in which the author is writing about.

b)

the time period from 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E. in the Roman Empire. This 200-year period saw unprecedented peace and economic prosperity throughout the Empire

c)

Former Roman emperor

d)

a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

14.

Virgil

a)

a classical Roman poet.

b)

Public speaking

c)

a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

d)

a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.