Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
|
|
|
1.
|
The first settlement at Rome was built
a. | on the Balkan Peninsula. | c. | on the ruins of
Troy. | b. | on the Palatine hill. | d. | on the Capitoline hill. |
|
|
|
2.
|
According to historians, the founders of Rome were
a. | Trojans. | c. | Lydians. | b. | Latins. | d. | Etruscans. |
|
|
|
3.
|
Which is the best description of an Etruscan city?
a. | Wooden huts at the base of a hill | b. | Dome-shaped houses made of
dirt | c. | Brick houses on a hilltop surrounded by a wall | d. | Stone houses around
a central temple |
|
|
|
4.
|
Many historians believe the Etruscans came originally from
a. | southern Russia. | c. | Lydia in Asia Minor. | b. | Troy in Asia Minor. | d. | the island of
Crete. |
|
|
|
5.
|
Which of the following was a characteristic of Etruscan society?
a. | Democratic ideals and no class differences | b. | Little regard for
religion or religious rituals | c. | Relative equality and freedom for
women | d. | Emphasis on farming rather than trading by sea |
|
|
|
6.
|
In Etruscan society, soothsayers were people who
a. | worked with metals. | c. | sailed pirate ships. | b. | predicted the future. | d. | led the army. |
|
|
|
7.
|
Lucius Tarquinius is important in Roman history as
a. | the hero who overthrew the Etruscans. | b. | a legendary king raised by a
wolf. | c. | the first Etruscan ruler of Rome. | d. | builder of the first settlement on the Palatine
hill. |
|
|
|
8.
|
The Roman custom of fights between gladiators came from
a. | an Etruscan funeral custom. | c. | a soothsayer's
prediction. | b. | a way of planning cities. | d. | a welcome for heroes. |
|
|
|
9.
|
Where was the site of both the first temple in Rome and modern Rome's
municipal government?
a. | Forum | c. | Palatine hill | b. | Mundus | d. | Capitoline hill |
|
|
|
10.
|
Which of the following aspects of Roman culture did NOT come from the
Etruscans?
a. | Dome-shaped houses made of dirt | c. | Alphabet | b. | The arch in building
bridges | d. | Belief in
omens |
|
Matching
|
|
|
Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | Latins | f. | catacombs | b. | Aeneas | g. | Romulus | c. | necropolis | h. | triumph | d. | mundus | i. | omens | e. | forum | j. | fasces |
|
|
|
11.
|
Meeting point for the worlds of the living and the dead marked by a stone where
two streets met
|
|
|
12.
|
Underground tombs carved in rock
|
|
|
13.
|
Bundle of rods bound around an ax symbolizing authority
|
|
|
14.
|
Events interpreted as signs of the future
|
|
|
15.
|
Trojan hero, legendary founder of the Roman people
|
|
|
16.
|
Procession honoring a hero
|
|
|
17.
|
First settlers of land near Rome
|
|
|
18.
|
Cemetery area containing many tombs
|
|
|
19.
|
Public square of a city where a palace, government buildings, and law courts
were located
|
|
|
20.
|
Founder and first king of the city of Rome
|
Short Answer
|
|
|
21.
|
What qualities of the Etruscans and their way of life made them deserve to be
called "Italy's first highly civilized people"?
|
|
|
22.
|
Why is Rome often called “The City of the Seven Hills?”
|
|
|
23.
|
What were the contributions of the Etruscans to the Romans?
|