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SOTW 2:1-3
SOTW 2:1 & 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| _____ was the most important city in the Roman Empire. | Rome |
| The _____ _______ meant that all parts of the Roman Empire had to obey Roman laws. | Pax Romana |
| The _____ lived in Britain and rebelled against the Romans. | Celts |
| The Romans called the wandering tribes who invaded them _______ because they didn't live like the Romans lived. | barbarians |
| The Emperor __________ decided to divide the Roman Empire into two parts so that it would be easier to rule and to protect. | Diocletian |
| The center of the Roman Empire was located near the ____ Sea. (Mediterranean, Caspian, North, Caribbean) | Mediterranean |
| Which countries were part of the Roman Empire? a. Britain, Spain, Greece, and China b. Gaul, Spain, Africa, and India C. Spain Russia, Greece, and Egypt d. Gaul Britain, Spain, and Egypt | D |
| What would you definitely not see if you visited the Coliseum? (gladiator fights, musical plays, chariot races, fights between soldiers and wild animals) | musical plays |
| What was 1 major problem in the Roman Empire? a. There were no good roads so it was hard to travel. b. There was not enough land for all of the people. c. The Empire was so large that the army couldn't protect its borders. | C |
| After the Roman Empire was divided into two parts, what happened to the Western Roman Empire? a. It became stronger and well-protected. b. It lasted for 500 more years. c. It was destroyed and all of its treasures were taken. | C |
| Which of these tribes did NOT invade Rome? a. The Huns b. the Aryans c. the Visigoths d. the Vandals | B |
| True or False The Roman Empire was ruled by an emperor. | True |
| True or False True or False Traveling on roads in the Roman Empire was often dangerous because of bandits and robbers. | False |
| True or False The people who invaded Rome lived in houses and always cooked their food. | False |
| True or False Most of the men who ruled Rome were strong leaders who made wise decisions. | False |
| The Celts had specially trained singers called _______ who told stories about chieftains and battle heroes of long ago. | bards |
| One of the Celts' stories told of the warrior, _______, who with his three companions defeated a giant named Giant Fovor of the Might Blows. (Craith, Vortigern, Beowulf) | Craith |
| ____ was a Cletic king who asked two babarian tribes to come help him fight his enemies. (Craith, Vortigern, Beowulf) | Vortigern |
| The Anglo-Saxons told a story about a great warrior named _______. (Craith, Vortigern, Beowulf) | Beowulf |
| The Celts finally drove the last Roman soldiers out of their country when ______. a. the Easter Roman Empire fell b. the Western Roman Empire fell c. the Anglo-Saxons came to Britain d. the Anglo-Saxons left Britain | B |
| The Celts praised men who were ______. a. kind and compassionate b. strong and courageous fighters c. intelligent and wise d. funny and entertaining | B |
| Celtic storytellers would memorize their stories because ______. a. they didn't write anything down b. they didn't want to carry books with them c. they wanted to show off the large amount of material they could memorize | A |
| What were the names of the two tribes who came to help one Celtic king fight his enemies? a. the Celts and the Scots b. the Scots and the Angles c. the Angles and the Saxons | C |
| Why did the Angles and the Saxons first agree to come and fight? a. The king promised to pay them in gold. b. They wanted t live with their relatives who were already there. c. The king promised to give them land in Britain on which to live. | C |
| What happened after these two tribes helped the king fight his enemies? a. They went back to their own land. b. They stayed and settled down and invited their friends to come as well. c. They killed the king and stole his land. | B |
| Where did the Angles and Saxons settle? a. England b. Scotland c. Wales d. Ireland | A |
| What happened to the Celts? a. They were destroyed by the Romans. b. They were destroyed by the Angles & Saxons. c. They moved to Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. | C |
| True or False The Romans eventually conquered all of Britain. | false |
| True or False The Celts who lived in Britain all belonged to the same kingdom. | false |
| True or False The Angles & Saxons came from across the North Sea. | true |
| True or False The people of Britain did not keep written records. | true |
| The _____ was the leader of the Christian church in the city of Rome. | Pope |
| ______ was sent to Britain to tell the people there about Christianity. | Augustine |
| When Augustine arrived in Britain, he was greeted by King _______, the most powerful king in Britain. | Ethelbert |
| The Christians built ________ where men could live and worship God. | monasteries |
| The first Christians who came to Britain settled down in the town of ________. (Canterbury, England, London, Wales) | Canterbury |
| The Roman Christians taught the Anglo-Saxons how to ______. (dig wells, construct bridges, read and write, fight courageously) | read and write |
| Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury? (leader of the Christians in England, leader of the Christians in Rome, most powerful king in England, most powerful king of the Celts) | leader of the Christians in England |
| What were monks supposed to do during meals? offer all of their food to the poor whisper quietly to the other monks pray silently eat silently while listening to someone read from the Bible | eat silently while listen to someone read from the Bible |
| What is one thing that monks were not allowed to do? (study the Bible, marry and have children, work, pray and worship God) | marry and have children |
| How were books made during the Middle Ages? Monks copied them by hand. They were copied on a printing press. Bards would dictate stories to a scribe. There were no books during this time. | Monks copied them by hand. |
| What kind of paper did monks use? (papyrus, parchment made from animal skins, scrolls, paper made from linen) | parchment made from animal skins |
| What is a scriptorium? (an expensive book, a special room where monks copied books, a technique of decorating books, a monk who copied books by hand) | a special room where monks copied books |
| True or False Many people believed that God had given the pope the job of taking care of Christians all over the world. | True |
| True or False Monks went to church eight times a day to pray and to worship God. | true |
| True or False Monks served God, but they rarely helped the people in nearby villages. | False |
| True or False The Celts taught the Anglo-Saxons how to read and write. | false |
| True or False Books were sometimes decorated with real gold or silver. | true |
| True or False During this time, most books were just plain black letters on white pages. | false |
| Why were books so expensive during the Middle Ages? | They had to be painstakingly copied by hand. |
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