7th Grade Social Studies
Ancient Rome
Pgs. 302 – 310
Roman Culture
1. Romans admired and studied __________________ statues, building, and ideas.
2. Were Roman ideas important? Why?
Roman Art
1. Who made statues that made people look young, healthy, and beautiful? _______________
2. Who made statues that made people look more normal, including wrinkles, warts and other less attractive features? _________________
3. What features did Romans add to their buildings that made them stand out from Greek architecture?
4. What technique did the Romans use for domes?
5. What did Romans invent that made buildings sturdier and allowed them to also build them taller?
6. The ____________________ is a huge arena that held 60,000 people.
Roman Literature
1. What were much of the Roman writings based on?
2. _________________ are written works that poke fun at human weaknesses.
3. One of the Rome’s most famous historians was _________________. He described Rome’s rise to power and believed history had important moral lessons to teach people.
4. Roman plays were often based on Greek ________________ and __________________.
5. Roman authors later influenced writers in _______________ and _____________________.
6. What was the language of the Romans that later influenced many other languages?
Roman Science and Engineering
1. What is the study of body structure?
2. What did Galen cut open to learn about inner organs?
3. Ptolemy is famous for what?
4. What did Romans build to connect their empires?
5. What were aquaducts? What did they do?
6. Roman cities also had _________________ to remove waste.
Daily Life in Rome
1. What was at the center of Roman cities?
2. Were most people in Rome rich?
3. What were 2 dangers of living in Rome?
4. Name 2 types of shows that Romans of all classes could attend.
5. __________________ were admired much like sports heroes today even though they were mostly criminals, enslaved, and poor people.
Family Life
1. Were families large or small?
2. Who was head of the household?
3. Did ALL boys got school? Girls?
4. When was a boy considered a man? What did he do to celebrate?
5. When did women become adults?
Women in Rome
1. Did women have any rights? What could they do if they were wealthy?
2. Whether or not women were married, could they set with men in the amphitheatre?
3. What were some jobs women that were not as wealthy could hold?
Treatment of Enslaved People
1. Name at least three different jobs they had.
2. Who was the famous gladiator that led an all out assault/revolt of 70,000 enslaved people against Roman armies and for almost 2 years defeating many of them but finally lost?
Roman Religion
1. How many gods did ancient Romans worship?
2. How were they honored?
3. Many religions were allowed as long as they did not threaten ___________________.
4. According to the Greek and Roman Gods chart on page 310:
a. Who was the Roman God of War?
b. Who was the Greek Goddess of love?
c. Who was the Roman God of fire?
d. Who was the Greek Goddess of wisdom?
e. Who was the Roman God of the sea?
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