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The Legacy of Rome. The Coliseum of Rome. The Legacy of Rome. 1. How long ago was the Roman Empire in control of most of Europe?. 2000 years ago. 2. Saying that the Roman government became corrupt means the government was engaged in what kinds of activities?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Legacy of Rome
The Coliseum of Rome
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The Legacy of Rome
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1. How long ago was the Roman Empire in control of most of Europe?
2000 years ago
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2. Saying that the Roman government became corrupt means the government was engaged in what kinds of activities?
The Roman Government was engaged in illegal activities.
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3. What was the original capital of the Roman Empire?
Rome
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4. When Constantine moved the capital to Byzantium, he renamed the new capital _____________.
Constantinople.
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5. What do you call the kind of Roman art that uses many small pieces placed together to make one large picture?
mosaic
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6. One reason for the fall of Rome is that they didn’t have a good way to choose new _______________
leaders
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7. Another reason for the fall of Rome was that too many people had no money and were living in ____________.
poverty
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8. A third reason for the fall of Rome was that the government had become ______ and untrustworthy.
corrupt
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9. A fourth reason for the fall of Rome was that it was unsafe to walk in the streets because there was too much _____________
crime
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10. It became too difficult to defend the Roman Empire because the borders were too ________. large
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small
11. Another reason that it became too difficult to defend the Roman Empire was because the Roman Army was too _________
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12. Because of the Roman Empire, today we use _________ numerals for many purposes.
Roman
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13. The murals that we see on walls today are much like the ________ that were painted on the walls of wealthy Roman homes 2000 years ago.
frescos
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14. We learned from the Roman Via Appia that it is important to build strong, long lasting _______
roads
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15. The style of Roman statues are copied today, like in this statue of ____________.
Thomas Jefferson
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16. Ancient Roman law taught us how to write modern laws like _______
The US Constitution
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17. The modern month of October was named after the Roman month of October. “Oct-” (like octopus) means ______ or the _____ month.
8…..8th
The month of August was named after Augustus, a Roman Emperor.
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18. Roman courts were run by a chief law officer, just like the __________ that run US Courts today.
Judges
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19. Many monuments like _________ were built following the style of ancient Roman buildings.
The Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC
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20. Today we have plumbing to bring water to our houses because we have seen what the Ancient Romans did with ______
Aqueducts