Long Ago and Now (Unit 3 SS)

Question 1

Why were colosseums built in the shape of an oval?

Accepted Answer

It allowed thousands of people to see an event from every seat

Question 2

What are some ways we get the news today?

Accepted Answer

watching the news on TV or reading articles online from tablet/smart phone

Question 3

What did Egyptians make for bad breath?

Accepted Answer

Paste and mints from herbs and spices

Question 4

Who else wrote in pictures long ago?

Accepted Answer

Egyptians

Question 5

Why do we write with pictures, or emojis today?

Accepted Answer

Pictures are like words and have meaning

Question 6

What did the Romans build long ago to watch events?

Accepted Answer

Colosseum

Question 7

How did people in Greece watch shows, or plays long ago?

Accepted Answer

sat in rows made of stone around a stage at the bottom of a hill outside

Question 8

What things have changed?

Accepted Answer

entertainment venues, telling time, the way we dress, buildings, writing

Question 9

When would it be important to write with words instead of pictures? Why?

Accepted Answer

job applications, important letters, & papers for school

Question 10

What kinds of things did the Romans put into their newspapers long ago?

Accepted Answer

Daily events about government, games, birthdays, and funerals

Question 11

What is a sundial?

Accepted Answer

Wood or stone in a shape of a circle & uses shadows from sun to tell time

Question 12

How did people get to the U.S. long ago?

Accepted Answer

ship

Question 13

What are the pictures called that Egyptians used?

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphics

Question 14

How did people tell time long ago in Greece?

Accepted Answer

sundial

Question 15

Why do people move?

Accepted Answer

for a better life, or to start a new job

Question 16

What types of things may be brought to the U.S. today?

Accepted Answer

goods and food

Questions 16