Why was Rome a multicultural empire?

It hosted different cultures, languages, and religious beliefs

Los Angeles, New York, and Miami are examples of

Multicultural cities & modern day sites of encounter

The Romans brought entertainment to a MASSIVE scale. The built large arenas across the empire for:

chariot races & gladiator fights

Some examples of Roman art include:

mosaics, murals, statues/sculptures, vases, & mirrors

The best known doctor in the Roman empire was named Claudius Galen. He was the first to discover that...

arteries and veins carry blood instead of air (what most people thought)

The Roman twelve tables were important to Roman government & law because

They were the first set of laws every WRITTEN down instead of spoken

Gladiators were trained fighters who often got famous due to their skill. They had to fight against

exotic animals, criminals, & slaves

Modern day "romance languages" come from the Roman language of LATIN; The ROMANce languages include:

Spanish, Italian, French, & Portuguese

What is a site of encounter?

A place where people from different cultures meet & exchange things & ideas

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Unit 1 Lesson 4

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1
The art of giving speeches started with Romans and is known as:
oratory
dictation
flamengory
allegory
2
Why was Rome a multicultural empire?
It hosted different cultures, languages, and religious beliefs
There were two different cultures represented: Greeks & Jews
Everybody in the empire only spoke one language, Latin
3
Los Angeles, New York, and Miami are examples of
Multicultural cities & modern day sites of encounter
Multicultural cities but not modern day sites of encounter
Big cities that are popular in songs only
Rural landscape
4
The Romans brought entertainment to a MASSIVE scale. The built large arenas across the empire for:
gladiator wars & X games
competitive basketball games
chariot races & gladiator fights
chariot races & food fights
5
Mocking/making fun of your subject was popular in Roman literature . It is known as
saphirre
rhetoric
sadder
satire
6
Some examples of Roman art include:
stained glass, silver jeweltry, and metalwork
carving in wood, mosaics, and self portraits
mosaics, murals, statues/sculptures, vases, & mirrors
calligraphy, silk, painting, and murals
7
Greco-Roman culture is a combination of
Greek & Roman traditions
Peanut butter & jelly
Greek & Italian cultures
8
The best known doctor in the Roman empire was named Claudius Galen. He was the first to discover that...
arteries and veins carry blood instead of air (what most people thought)
hearts could expand as they aged
Women and men were physically different
pimples were reactions to dirt and oil building up under pores
9
The Roman twelve tables were important to Roman government & law because
They were tables based off of the ten commandments
They were multiplication tables that changed mathematics for Europe
They were the first set of laws ever spoken to the public
They were the first set of laws every WRITTEN down instead of spoken
10
Gladiators were trained fighters who often got famous due to their skill. They had to fight against
emperors & their armies
exotic animals, criminals, & slaves
owners of the chariots
11
Modern day "romance languages" come from the Roman language of LATIN; The ROMANce languages include:
Chinese, Japanese, Tagalog
Russian, Slovak, and Ukrainian
Arabic, Italian, and Spanish
Spanish, Italian, French, & Portuguese
12
What is a site of encounter?
A place where you encounter your first love and confess your feelings
A place only in the past where people could trade products and services
A place where people from the same culture share technologies
A place where people from different cultures meet & exchange things & ideas

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