WorksheetsRomans
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 24mins
Roman statues were less realistic than those of the Greeks.
True
False
Horace wrote odes, which were poems that express a strong emotion about life.
True
False
All people who were enslaved by the Romans were unskilled and uneducated.
True
False
Women were the heads of the Roman households.
True
False
Roman women were full citizens.
True
False
Who declared that Roman emperors were gods?
the Senate
the emperor himself
the people
the Tribunes
Theodosius left a will which instructed the Romans to do what after his death?
bury him in Rome
divide the Roman Empire into 2 parts
move the capital to the island of Sicily
publish his autobiography
What was one reason Germanic tribes took over Roman land?
They needed the forts that the Romans had built.
They wanted the Romans out of their territory.
Roman land was better for raising crops and farm animals.
They wanted to be like the Romans.
What is one way that Latin has not influenced Western civilization?
We use the Latin alphabet.
Latin is still used in the countries of Germany and Austria today.
Many English words have Latin roots.
All plant and animal species have Latin names.
One thing that Constantine did not do was ...
make the military stronger.
move the capital from Rome to Byzantium.
create reforms to help the empire grow strong again.
divide the empire into 2 parts.
"The Creation of a mosaic was a complicated procedure that called for careful timing and teamwork.Walls were painted with a resin before being covered with the first of 3 layers of plaster. A sketch of the art was then made on the plaster to serve as a guide for the various artisans. The outermost layer of the plaster, in which the pieces, or tessarae, of the mosiac were spread on only enough area to for a day's work. Some of the tessarae-small, carefully cut fragments{small pieces} of colored glass, marble, and semiprecious stones-were pressed into the wet plaster so that they stuck out at a slight angle, so that they would reflect light and shimmer."
Refer to the excerpt. Mosaics were made by...
merchants and traders
individual artists
teams of artisans
untrained laborers
"The Creation of a mosaic was a complicated procedure that called for careful timing and teamwork.Walls were painted with a resin before being covered with the first of 3 layers of plaster. A sketch of the art was then made on the plaster to serve as a guide for the various artisans. The outermost layer of the plaster, in which the pieces, or tessarae, of the mosiac were spread on only enough area to for a day's work. Some of the tessarae-small, carefully cut fragments{small pieces} of colored glass, marble, and semiprecious stones-were pressed into the wet plaster so that they stuck out at a slight angle, so that they would reflect light and shimmer."
Refer to the excerpt. Mosaics were created on...
bare walls
canvases
plaster-covered walls
pedestals
"The Creation of a mosaic was a complicated procedure that called for careful timing and teamwork.Walls were painted with a resin before being covered with the first of 3 layers of plaster. A sketch of the art was then made on the plaster to serve as a guide for the various artisans. The outermost layer of the plaster, in which the pieces, or tessarae, of the mosiac were spread on only enough area to for a day's work. Some of the tessarae-small, carefully cut fragments{small pieces} of colored glass, marble, and semiprecious stones-were pressed into the wet plaster so that they stuck out at a slight angle, so that they would reflect light and shimmer."
Refer to the excerpt. The tesserae of semiprecious stones were set into the plaster at an angle in order to....
create an interesting imperfection
fit into a particular space
keep them form being stolen
reflect light better.
"The Creation of a mosaic was a complicated procedure that called for careful timing and teamwork.Walls were painted with a resin before being covered with the first of 3 layers of plaster. A sketch of the art was then made on the plaster to serve as a guide for the various artisans. The outermost layer of the plaster, in which the pieces, or tessarae, of the mosiac were spread on only enough area to for a day's work. Some of the tessarae-small, carefully cut fragments{small pieces} of colored glass, marble, and semiprecious stones-were pressed into the wet plaster so that they stuck out at a slight angle, so that they would reflect light and shimmer."
Refer to the excerpt. How many layers of plaster did mosaics have?
two
three
four
five
"The Creation of a mosaic was a complicated procedure that called for careful timing and teamwork.Walls were painted with a resin before being covered with the first of 3 layers of plaster. A sketch of the art was then made on the plaster to serve as a guide for the various artisans. The outermost layer of the plaster, in which the pieces, or tessarae, of the mosiac were spread on only enough area to for a day's work. Some of the tessarae-small, carefully cut fragments{small pieces} of colored glass, marble, and semiprecious stones-were pressed into the wet plaster so that they stuck out at a slight angle, so that they would reflect light and shimmer."
Refer to the excerpt. Which sentence of this passage best states the main idea?
first
third
fifth
seventh
Multiple arches together are called ...
an arch
a vault
a curve
a dome
Which of the following is not a result of Roman civil war?
Pax Romana was instituted
The Roman government grew weak
The Roman army grew strong
There was less food
The Roman economy suffered due to the civil war in the following ways (mark all that apply)
People lost their jobs
Romans stopped paying taxes.
The government made more and more new coins.
Prices of goods and services stayed the same.
What is one thing the Romans did to protect their cities from Germanic tribes?
The emperor made many reforms (changes).
They began to barter.
They hired Germanic soldiers to be in the Roman army.
The emperor declared that Rome would be a tax-free zone.
What was one reason the Diocletian's reforms failed?
He was too weak a ruler to make people obey his new laws.
He built forts in the wrong places, and the Barbarians were able to cross the Roman borders and attack Rome.
He used local tax collectors to collect taxes from the people.
He declared himself Tyrant.
