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

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. 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.

2. 1.

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

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

3. 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.

4. 2.

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

   • A fact: the Pyramids were idle
   • His opinion
   • Neither: it is a law
   • A fact: he ran Rome's water
5. 3.

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

   • Aqueducts beat any other building
   • Greek works were useless
   • Arches rose to 109 feet
   • The Pyramids were idle
6. 4.

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

   • He was Greek
   • He had measured both of them very carefully
   • He built the Pyramids
   • He was proud of the aqueducts he ran
7. 5.

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

   • About 9,800 years
   • About 79 years
   • About 98 years
   • About 980 years
8. 6.

   Why might a collection of laws be useful, Tala asks?

   • It hides the laws
   • People can find and use the laws
   • It ends the laws
   • It makes new roads
9. 7.

   What shows Roman law still matters today, Zee asks?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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