Introduction
Through war and conquest, Roman generals carried the achievements of Roman civilization to distant lands. Yet the civilization that developed was not simply Roman. Instead, it blended Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman achievements, which lead to many new advancements during this time period.
Task
For this web quest, you are to answer the following questions on a google doc and submit it via Google classroom (with the correct period).
Process
Use the following links to answer each question. The link corresponds to the questions directly below them.
1.Why did Romans build aqueducts? Why not just get water from their rivers?
2. Why were the aqueducts a challenge to build?
3. Go to page to two. Where did they build the aqueducts?
4. List two reasons WHY the Romans built roads.
5. Who did the Romans get to build their roads?
6. Why do they say “all roads lead to Rome?”
7. List THREE characteristics of Roman roads.
9. What emperor built the coliseum?
10. What was the ancient name of the coliseum?
11. The coliseum was built for entertainment. What kind of entertainment did the city show in the coliseum?
12. Take a virtual tour of the coliseum here.
13. The coliseum was built with cement. Click on the word concrete or here. How is concrete made?
14. Were the Romans the first to use concrete? Who used it before them?
15. Who wrote the epic the Aeneid?
16. Why did the writer create the epic poem?
17. What philosophy did many Roman thinkers believe in? Where did this idea derive from?
18. How were Greek art and Roman art different? What did the Romans stress?
19. What is a mosaic?
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20. What led to the Roman creation of the Law of nations?
21. What are two similarities between Roman law and law in America today?
Evaluation
This will be completed as a homework assignment and should be turned in through Classroom.