Worksheet: Roman roads (questions)
Instructions
Read the page on Roman roads which your teacher has given you or which you found on the internet. Now answers the following 7 questions.
Put a tick by each choice you think is correct. For some questions, there may be only one correct answer. For other questions there may be more than one.
Questions
1. What year did the Romans conquer Britain? Choose one answer.
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| a. 43 A.D. |
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| b. 43 B.C. |
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| c. 143 A.D. |
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2. What were the roads like at the time the Romans invaded? Choose one answer.
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| a. There were good routes linking all parts of the country. |
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| b. Mostly poorly maintained local tracks and drove roads. |
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| c. There were lots of roads, able to carry people, horses and carts. |
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3. What was Watling Street? Choose one answer.
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| a. A shopping street in Wroxeter. |
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| b. One of the first roads built by the Romans, running from Wroxeter to Leintwardine. |
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| c. A Roman road, which ran from Holyhead, through Wroxeter and on to London. |
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4. What clues can tell us if a road was originally built by the Romans? Choose two answers.
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| a. The road is straight. |
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| b. The road is tarmaced. |
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| c. We can look on Roman maps. |
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| d. Place names tell us if a town (-ton) was by a road or street (stret-). |
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5. What methods did the Romans use to make their roads straight? Choose three answers.
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| a. A groma. |
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| b. Compasses. |
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| c. Lighting two or more beacons and lining them up. |
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| d. Long lengths of rope. |
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| e. Placing two or more poles in the ground and lining them up. |
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6. What are the typical features of Roman roads archaeologists find when they dig one up? Choose three answers.
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| a. Tarmaced surface. |
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| b. Metalled surface. |
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| c. Kerb stones. |
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| d. Road signs. |
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| e. Toll houses. |
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| f. The road was cambered (it sloped towards the sides). |
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