Chester Through Time Flashcards

1
Q

How long is the Roman Road from Chester to Whitchurch?

A

20 miles

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2
Q

What is the well-known Roman road which ran from London to Chester?

A

Watling Street

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3
Q

Where is the largest amphitheatre in Britain?

A

The Roman amphitheatre at Chester

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4
Q

What do you know about slaves in Roman Britain?

A

white and male
often taken from a conquered country
poor
treated badly

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5
Q

What is the Cloaca Maxima?

A

Huge drainage system

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6
Q

Name a god the Romans worshipped?

A

Jupiter, Juno and Minerva,

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7
Q

How did people in Roman Britain make a living?

A

subsistence farming
exchange of specialist goods (like salt or milling)

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8
Q

Who is Venus?

A

the goddess of love and beauty

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9
Q

What does CE stand for?

A

Common Era

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10
Q

What does AD stand for?

A

Anno Domini

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11
Q

What does BCE stand
for?

A

Before Common Era

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12
Q

What does BC stand
for?

A

Before Christ

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13
Q

Who was King of England from 1066?

A

William I

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14
Q

Who ordered a Domesday survey to be completed so that taxes could be collected more efficiently?

A

William I

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15
Q

What was the Domesday Book?

A

It was a book that showed who occupied which dwelling, or with
which men, how much land each man had and how much it was worth. William I was then able to raise taxes to support his armies.

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16
Q

Who was the Chester architecht who designed Eastgate clock?

A

John Douglass

17
Q

When was the Eastgate Clock made?

A

1899

18
Q

Why was the clock built?

A

Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria

19
Q

What is subsistence?

A

Food and shelter to
support life

20
Q

What is the process called where coins are manufactured using a kind of stamping?

A

Minting

21
Q

What is the study of visual symbols and images?

A

Iconography

22
Q

Who was the Earl of Chester?

A

Hugh D’Avranches

23
Q

What was the period of time during which work began to be done more by machines in factories than by hand at home called?

A

Industrial Revolution