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

Roman art shows a strong influence from Greece

Roman artists adapted the Greek art to create

more lifelike portraits and realistic busts and statues.

How did the Romans get their alphabet?

from the Etruscans, who got it from the Greeks

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

After adapting the arch and the cuniculus, the Romans

became better engineers than the Etruscans.

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.

The Romans used the Greek arch to

build aqueducts, bridges, and stadiums.

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The Geography & Early Development of Rome Lesson 32

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

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