Things Before Xmas Exam

Question 1

Who founded Rome

Answer 1

Romulus and Remus

Question 2

When was Rome founded

Answer 2

753BC

Question 3

When did Rome become a republic

Answer 3

509BC

Question 4

When did Rome collapse

Answer 4

31BC

Question 5

What areas did Rome control

Answer 5

West Europe, Mediterranean until 476AD

Question 6

What were the rich people called

Answer 6

Patricians.

Question 7

What did the patricians rule

Answer 7

Government and army.

Question 8

What did men wear

Answer 8

Togas

Question 9

What did women wear

Answer 9

Stolas.

Question 10

What town did patricians live in

Answer 10

Domus

Question 11

What is the system of government called

Answer 11

Senate.

Question 12

What is a courtyard called in a patricians house

Answer 12

Atrium .

Question 13

What is a pool in a patricians house called

Answer 13

Impluvium

Question 14

What is a kitchen in a patricians house called

Answer 14

Culina

Question 15

What is a shrine of family and gods called in a patricians house

Answer 15

Lararium

Question 16

What is a bedroom called in a patricians house

Answer 16

Cubiculum

Question 17

What is a dining room called in a patricians house

Answer 17

Triclinium

Question 18

What is a walled garden called in a patricians house

Answer 18

Peristylium

Question 19

What is a title pattern called

Answer 19

Mosaic .

Question 20

What did plebeians do

Answer 20

1. Worked in trades
2. Received dole from patricians, so patricians support them.

Question 21

What did they wear

Answer 21

Tunic to the knees

Question 22

Where did plebeians live

Answer 22

Apartment called insulae.

Question 23

Describe a plebeian insula

Answer 23

Top is made from wood, so it is risky for fires.
The top is the most crowded areas, families usually slept in one room.
Bottom usually have markets.

Question 24

What is a take away shop called in Ancient Rome

Answer 24

Thermopolia

Question 25

What did poorer families eat

Answer 25

Bread, wheat biscuits.

Question 26

How many slaves did Roman approximately have

Answer 26

300,000

Question 27

How did they become slaves

Answer 27

Any prisoner became slaves
They might be caught by pirates

Question 28

Where are some temples located in their houses

Answer 28

Forum

Question 29

Name 2 gods

Answer 29

Venus, goddess of love
Jupiter, father of gods.

Question 30

What age did some girls and boys attend to school ?

Answer 30

They attended to a ludus, where they learnt reading writing and arithmetic.
They attended from. 7-12

Question 31

What did the richest children have

Answer 31

Their own slaves oohh 🫨☝️

Question 32

What did the teachers and students not have in school?

Answer 32

Desks

Question 33

What did the children have to read from

Answer 33

No books, they read from papyrus scrolls. They write on wax coated wooden boards.

Question 34

What is a grammaticus

Answer 34

History, grammar, and geometry, Greek and Roman writers.📑

Question 35

How much people can the colosseum hold

Answer 35

About 50,000

Question 36

What were formal soldiers called

Answer 36

Gladiators.

Question 37

What is a retiarius

Answer 37

Trident and net,

Question 38

What is a murmillo

Answer 38

Shield and sword.🗡️

Question 39

What is the warm temperature in Roman baths called

Answer 39

Caldarium

Question 40

What is the cold temperature in Roman baths

Answer 40

Frigidarium

Question 41

What is the hot Roman baths called

Answer 41

Tepidarium

Question 42

What is a palaestra

Answer 42

Exercise yard.

Question 43

When did women usually get married at Roman times

Answer 43

12-15

Question 44

What is it called when you give money to a new husband in Roman times

Answer 44

Dowry

Question 45

What is oratory

Answer 45

The art of public speaking taught by a rhetor.

Question 46

What is it called back in Ancient Rome when you have the main meal

Answer 46

Cena.

Question 47

Name one thing the romans liked to do for leisure

Answer 47

Playing board games.