Ancient Rome
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- Q1The Twelve Tables were similar to Hammurabi's Code in that they bothtook a long time to writemade clear what the laws werebenefitted only the wealthywere kept hidden from the peopl30s
- Q2In the center of the city people would findanimals as well as scribes writing letters for peoplestalls selling furniture as well as people trying to find jobs for the daylibraries as well as banks giving loansmarkets as well as orators giving speeches30s
- Q3What is the name for the place in the center of the city?the Forumthe banquet hallthe Parthenonthe Lyric30s
- Q4Who sat in the seats the highest up away from the action in the Colloseum - a sign that they didn't hold much status in society?womensoldierpoliticiansthe emperor30s
- Q5What job did the more common citizen, plebeian, have?bankerpoliticianoratorsoldier30s
- Q6What job did the rich patricians have?farmersmerchantssoldierspoliticians30s
- Q7What was Rome's most impressive achievement using concrete?weaponsthe Colosseumthe domeroads30s
- Q8Aqueducts took filthy water out of the city.FalseTrue30s
- Q9Romans were likely healthier than other people because they had a sewage management system.falsetrue30s
- Q10Just as empires were built along rivers, villages were built along roadstruefalse30s
- Q11Toilet water ran into sewers that took the water out of the city and dumped it into the river.TrueFalse30s
- Q12Cement helped with the construction of roads because it held everything together.FalseTrue30s
- Q13Which was NOT a reason for the census?determined the taxes for the citizenstracked military obligations of the citizensdetermined if there were more men than womenenabled citizens to be sorted into classes30s
- Q14Plebeians could vote.TrueFalse30s
- Q15This branch of Roman government controlled the moneythe House of Representativesthe Assembly of Centuriesthe Senatethe Assembly of Centaurs30s