Ainchent Rome

Question 1

Amphitheatre

Answer 1

Where gladiator games were heled

Question 2

What type of streets

Answer 2

Paved streets in a grid system

Question 3

Aqueducts

Answer 3

Bring fresh water to the town from a mountain, lake etc

Question 4

Public baths

Answer 4

Where people washed, met friends, did business and more

Question 5

Patricians

Answer 5

The rich Nobel class with political power

Question 6

Plebeians

Answer 6

The poorer class (can be rich) but with no political power

Question 7

A domus

Answer 7

A patricians city home

Question 8

Villa

Answer 8

A patricians country home

Question 9

Slaves

Answer 9

Worked for patricians and did cooking, cleaning and other labour

Question 10

Theatres

Answer 10

For plays and performances

Question 11

Cubiculum

Answer 11

Bedroom

Question 12

Lararium

Answer 12

A shrine to the family gods

Question 13

Atrium

Answer 13

Where guests would meet

Question 14

Impluvium

Answer 14

To collect rain water

Question 15

Triclinium

Answer 15

The dining room

Question 16

Culina

Answer 16

Kitchen

Question 17

Slave quarters

Answer 17

Where the slaves would sleep

Question 18

Peristylium

Answer 18

A walled garden

Question 19

Tablinum

Answer 19

The study

Question 20

When would roman girls usually get married

Answer 20

14 or 15

Question 21

Who chose who the girl would Mary

Answer 21

Her father

Question 22

A plebeian insulae

Answer 22

These were apartment blocks usually 5 stories high. The higher they got the smaller the room would be so richer plebeians would live on the bottom floor and poorer ones closer to the top.

Question 23

Gladiators

Answer 23

These were people who would go into the amphitheater and fight for entertainment.

Question 24

Roman legacy

Answer 24

The romans were great engineers and builders many of there structures are used today. Rome was the first European country to make big investments in big projects. This increased there army chances as there were roads. They used arches to hold up large ceilings.

Question 25

Christianity

Answer 25

The Roman Empire covered to Christianity making it the the world’s most powerful religion.

Question 26

Language

Answer 26

Latin was the language spoken in Rome at the time. It is not spoken today but many English words come from or are influenced from Latin

Question 27

Calendar

Answer 27

In 45BC Caesar made a new Calendar with 365 days and 12 months as the old roman one was to inaccurate and remains the calander we us today

Question 28

Republic

Answer 28

Where the wealthy elite ruled the city through senate

Question 29

Citizens

Answer 29

People who had rights under roman law

Question 30

Forum

Answer 30

A large town square that was the centre of business, political activity and religious worship

Question 31

Dole

Answer 31

A payment of free grain

Question 32

Manumission

Answer 32

The freeing of slaves after many years of service

Question 33

Mosaics

Answer 33

Pictures made of small pieces of stone, glass or tile

Question 34

Polytheists

Answer 34

People who believed in many different gods

Question 35

Monotheists

Answer 35

People who believe in only one god