What Rome left us: roads, aqueducts, arches, Latin and law

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Frontinus quotes are from the English translation by C. E. Bennett (1925), p. 357 and pp. 357–359. According to Frontinus, how high did the highest arches rise, Jun asks?

   • To 109 feet at certain points
   • To 1,090 feet
   • To 43 feet
   • To 109 meters

2. Read this first

   Water and law

   Topic	What we know
   Aqueducts	they moved water by gravity alone, on a gentle downward slope; Frontinus, Rome's water commissioner, wrote: “These are the highest arches, rising at certain points to 109 feet.”
   An opinion	Frontinus also wrote: “With such an array of indispensable [necessary] structures carrying so many waters, compare, if you will, the idle Pyramids or the useless, though famous, works of the Greeks!”
   Roman law	it grew over more than a thousand years, from the Twelve Tables to a great collection of laws ordered by the emperor Justinian in 529 CE
   Law today	?

   The cell marked ? is blank. Frontinus quotes are from the English translation by C. E. Bennett (1925), p. 357 and pp. 357–359.

3. 2.

   Luz's chart has a blank: where did Roman law become a basis for law?

   • Much of Europe and Latin America
   • Ancient Persia
   • Nowhere today
   • In the city of Rome and nowhere else

4. Water and law

   Topic	What we know
   Aqueducts	they moved water by gravity alone, on a gentle downward slope; Frontinus, Rome's water commissioner, wrote: “These are the highest arches, rising at certain points to 109 feet.”
   An opinion	Frontinus also wrote: “With such an array of indispensable [necessary] structures carrying so many waters, compare, if you will, the idle Pyramids or the useless, though famous, works of the Greeks!”
   Roman law	it grew over more than a thousand years, from the Twelve Tables to a great collection of laws ordered by the emperor Justinian in 529 CE
   Law today	Roman law became a basis for law in much of Europe and in Latin America

   Frontinus quotes are from the English translation by C. E. Bennett (1925), p. 357 and pp. 357–359.

5. 3.

   Frontinus calls the Pyramids "idle" and Greek works "useless". Is that a fact or his opinion, Milo asks?

   • A fact: the Pyramids were idle
   • Neither: it is a law
   • His opinion
   • A fact: he ran Rome's water
6. 4.

   Which part of the chart is a fact you could check, Noah asks?

   • Arches rose to 109 feet
   • Aqueducts beat any other building
   • The Pyramids were idle
   • Greek works were useless
7. 5.

   Why might Frontinus praise aqueducts over the Pyramids, Pia asks?

   • He was Greek
   • He was proud of the aqueducts he ran
   • He had measured both of them very carefully
   • He built the Pyramids
8. 6.

   Roman law grew from the Twelve Tables (about 450 BCE) to Justinian's collection (529 CE). About how long is that, Ren asks?

   • About 98 years
   • About 79 years
   • About 9,800 years
   • About 980 years
9. 7.

   What shows Roman law still matters today, Zee asks?

   • Romans still make the laws
   • It was forgotten
   • It is a basis for law in many countries
   • Rome alone uses it
10. 8.

    Ari's note says, "Frontinus proves the Pyramids were useless." Which fix is right?

    • Change it: Frontinus thought they were idle
    • Change "useless" to "109 feet"
    • Leave it: an important Roman water official said so
    • Change "Pyramids" to "aqueducts"
11. 9.

    Bo's note says, "Justinian's collection came in 529 BCE." Which fix is right?

    • Change "Justinian" to "Frontinus"
    • Leave it: it was ancient
    • Change "BCE" to "CE"
    • Change "529" to "450"
12. 10.

    Esme's note says, "Aqueducts used pumps to push water uphill." Which fix is right?

    • Change "uphill" to "sideways"
    • Change "water" to "wine"
    • Change it: water flowed downhill by gravity
    • Leave it: pumps are faster