History test chapter 10

Where did they build cities and why?

On top of hills for protection and by rivers for recreation

By rivers for water and on top of hills for protection

In mountain valleys to farm and have protection

What is Rome's climate?

Warm, moist summers and cold, dry winters. Allowed few crops.

Cool, dry summers, and warm, rainy winters. Allowed some crops.

None of the above.

What was subura like?

It was a crowded, richer area, like nyc.

It was poorer and had not many people.

Was poorer and crowded.

Compare boys' education from school and by his father.

They learned math and literature in school and learned how to be in the army by their dad.

School: learned how to read and write in Greek, learned how to speak well in public. Father: learned how to run, swim, and to lead soldiers/fight.

What do boys have to wait to do until they got older?

Buisness deals, pick bride.

Marry, buy presents, get jobs, bathe.

Describe a roman bath.

They would get into a small tub, soak for an hour, then let olive oil soak into their skin.

They would take cold baths with boys and girls and they would get massaged.

They would go into the hot, medium then cold bath and sit in the bubble water and then get out.

They would take a cold bath, medium, then hot bath for 20 min each. Boys would get massaged, covered in olive oil, then get scraped.

What impact do countries have on the culture of the people living in them?

They control their actions and make it natural to do certain things.

People tend to model society in terms of laws and they look back to remember what principles the country was founded on.

What happens in a Roman atrium?

Adults watch shows while children play in the garden.

Dad does buisness there and clients visit him.

It is another word for Forum.

Where are women not allowed in Rome?

The Atrium, and the collusseum.

The forum and the baths at certain times.

In the Forum, the Law Court, the Senate House, and they could not be near (enough to see) a gladiator fight.

The house of her daughter's betrothed family.

What would a successful woman be like?

Married to a rich person to bejewel her and has kids, preferably sons.

Married to anyone she can have kids with at a young age.

What is the tripartite?

The Roman version of taxes.

A group of three gladiators fighting,

A government split into three parts

List 4 forms of currency and the countries.

Mediterranean: Coins, Egypt: Gold, China: crab claws, Africa: clay

Mediterranean: cows Egypt: grain China: special items (pearls, jade, gold, or shells depending on the time period) Africa: salt (or cattle)

How does the form of currency make trade inefficient?

People get confused and pay the wrong amounts or the country can't trade anymore.

1) Valuing an item from place to place is different 2) Surpluses can make items too worthless 3) Shortages can make items worth too much

Why do coins fix this problem?

Everyone will know how much something is by the weight.

There will be a way to put value on an item.

1) Medals tend to hold a consistent value 2) Coins can be assigned a specific value 3) Coins were valued by weight of metal in them

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