Download Walking tour of Ancient Rome

Name:__________________________
Walking tour of Ancient Rome
Welcome to Rome! View the pictures and answer the questions about them.
Go to the web site listed below:
http://www1.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/DarleneBishop/rome/Rome.html
I. Click on Rome’s Beginning
1.
Who was Romulus and Remus’s father according to legend?
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What river is Rome located on?_____________________________
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What hill did Romulus choose as the center of a new city?
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What class of people settled on this hill? _________________________________
II. Click on Colosseum
1.
Draw a sketch of the Colosseum.
2.
How many arches did it contain?_______
3.
Explain how gender (male or female) and social class affected where people sat
in the Colosseum.___________________________________________
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4.
Where were the gladiators and animals kept before a performance?
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5.
How did these “bloody forms of entertainment serve political
purposes”?_______________________________________________
6.
Draw the Arch of Constantine.
7.
Constantine was the emperor who ended all _____________________ of
Christians. He also moved the capital from Rome to _____________________,
which is in the present day country of _________________________.
III. Click on Forum
1.
What activities went on in the Forum? a. _________________________
b. _________________________
2.
What usually surrounded the forum?____________________________________
3.
Look at the picture of Trajan’s Market Forum. What present day area is similar to
a Roman forum? (I am thinking of one in the
Houston/Galveston area ______________.)
IV.. Click on Circus Maximus
1.
What was it and what was it used for? __________________________________
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V. Click on Catacombs
1.
What were they?___________________________________________________
VI. Go to this website and read about Roman Roads.
http://www.historylink102.com/Rome/roman-roads.htm
1. What is a famous saying about Rome’s roads?
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2. Why do you think the Romans went to so much trouble in building so many good
roads in the empire? ______________________________________________________
3. What is the Latin word for “road”? ___________________ (look at the map)
VII. Go to this website to find the Latin names of the Greek Gods.
http://www.unrv.com/culture/major-roman-god-list.php
Greek Name
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Zeus
Poseidon
Ares
Artemis
Hermes
Athena
Apollo
Aphrodite
Description
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Hephaestus __________________________
Roman Name
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