What does this building in Rome show about Roman architecture?

It was influenced by 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.

The Romans used the Greek arch to

build aqueducts, bridges, and stadiums.

How did the Romans get their alphabet?

from the Etruscans, who got it from the Greeks

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

Roman art shows a strong influence from Greece

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

performing the correct rituals.

How did Romans learn about Greek culture?

Greek colonists had settled near by.

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TCI Lesson 32 Geography & Early Development of Rome

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

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