The Romans used the Greek arch to

build aqueducts, bridges, and stadiums.

Regarding the gods, the Romans cared more than the Greeks about

performing the correct rituals.

Why do historians use the term "Greco-Roman art"?

Roman art shows a strong influence from Greece

How did Romans learn about Greek culture?

Greek colonists had settled near by.

What does this building in Rome show about Roman architecture?

It was influenced by the Greeks.

How did the Romans get their alphabet?

from the Etruscans, who got it from the Greeks

The three cultures shown on the map are located mostly

on the southwest part of the Italian peninsula

Roman artists adapted the Greek art to create

more lifelike portraits and realistic busts and statues.

After adapting the arch and the cuniculus, the Romans

became better engineers than the Etruscans.

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TCI Lesson 32 Geography & Early Development of Rome

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1
The Romans used the Greek arch to
sell the Etruscans more advanced versions of the arch.
take a majority of the Etruscan's customers.
illegally copy the Etruscans' invention.
build aqueducts, bridges, and stadiums.
2
What is the name of the plain on which Rome is located?
Great Plain
Apennine Plain
Green Plain
Latium Plain
3
Regarding the gods, the Romans cared more than the Greeks about
performing the correct rituals.
honoring them with flowers.
telling their stories.
seeing plays about them.
4
What is something called when it takes on features of both Greece and Rome?
Reeko
Greman
Roman-Greco
Greco-Roman
5
Why do historians use the term "Greco-Roman art"?
Scholars cannot tell whether a work is Greek or Roman
Roman art shows a strong influence from Greece
The same artists worked in both Greece and Rome
Greeks admired Roman styles and tried to imitate them
6
How did Romans learn about Greek culture?
The Romans sold slaves to Greece.
Greek colonists had settled near by.
The Romans moved to Greece.
Greek leaders met with Roman leaders.
7
What does this building in Rome show about Roman architecture?
Women worked to construct it.
It was influenced by the Greeks.
Etruscan styles influenced it.
It used keystones for support.
8
How did the Romans get their alphabet?
from the Etruscans, who got it from the Greeks
directly from the Greeks, who invented it
directly from the Etruscans, who invented it
from the Greeks, who got it from the Etruscans
9
Which dangerous sport did the Romans adapt from the Etruscans?
bear wrestling
chariot racing
pole throwing
long jumping
10
What was one reason why the Etruscans might build a cuniculus?
to entertain the people
to carry water to their cities
to farm on steep hillsides
to conquer neighboring tribes
11
What desert formed the southern boundary of the Roman Empire?
Atacama Desert
Gobi Desert
Sahara Desert
Mojave Desert
12
What tourist sights in Rome show Etruscan influence?
fields of bright flowers
windmills to water crops
buildings with arches
large public courtyards
13
What mountain range separates Italy from the rest of Europe?
Alps Mts.
Apennine Mts.
Rocky Mts.
Ural Mts.
14
Who were Romulus and Remus?
opposing generals in a war
explorers on a famous river
colonists from Ancient Greece
the mythical founders of Rome
15
What river connects the city of Rome to the Mediterranean Sea?
Arno River
Mississippi River
Tiber River
Po River
16
The Greeks carved their writing on plaques, and the Romans displayed their writing on
papyrus
regular paper
walls and columns
billboard signs
17
According to history, who first lived in the area that would become Rome?
Latins
Greeks
Macedonians
Etruscans
18
The three cultures shown on the map are located mostly
on the southwest part of the Italian peninsula
only on the nothern part of the Italian peninsula
on the eastern part of the Italian peninsula
in the middle of the Italian peninsula
19
In Rome, slaves who became gladiators were required to fight to
the death to amuse an audience
protect the city
establish colonies
train war horses
20
Roman artists adapted the Greek art to create
painted black figures on red clay.
large clay vessels for storing food, water, and wine.
more lifelike portraits and realistic busts and statues.
21
What landscape would an early visitor to Rome have seen?
a hill beside a river
a lake surrounded by hills
a mountainous island
a plain by the sea
22
What does the chart below show about Greek and Roman gods?
They had different personalities.
They had the same worshippers.
They had the same rituals.
They had different names.
23
Unlike our writing today, both Greek and Roman writing
represented words with pictures
was rarely seen in public
served to record laws
used only capital letters
24
After adapting the arch and the cuniculus, the Romans
sold the Etruscans more advanced versions.
became better engineers than the Etruscans.
illegally copied the Etruscans' inventions.
took a majority of the Etruscan's customers.

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