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What Rome left behind in Britain

History · Britain Through Time · ages 9-11
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. By about which date had Roman government in Britain ended?

    • AD 43
    • AD 210
    • AD 410

  2. Which Roman town stood on the site of today's London?

    • Londinium
    • Chester
    • Rome in Italy

  3. Roman rule in parts of Britain lasted nearly 400 years.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Which gives the strongest evidence of a Roman trace in a region?

    • A museum coin labelled Roman, found in the region
    • A straight country lane with no record of when it was built
    • A new stone wall beside a road that looks much older

  5. How could reduced army spending help explain the decline of a town?

    • Lower spending would bring more traders into the town
    • Lower spending could leave less money for repairs
    • Lower spending would pay for more building work there

  6. A straight lane may follow a Roman road, but its shape alone does not prove its age.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. A friend notices caster in the place name Doncaster. What is a sensible conclusion before checking a local source?

    • The name suggests a possible Roman link
    • The Romans themselves chose this exact English name
    • The name proves that its present buildings are Roman

  8. Mia says an abandoned Roman villa proves nobody could make roof tiles. Which conclusion does the abandonment support by itself?

    • Every tile maker had left the surrounding region
    • The villa stopped being used as a home
    • Tile makers had forgotten how to fire clay
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  1. AD 410 · Roman government had ended by about AD 410. Army withdrawals happened in stages.
  2. Londinium · Londinium was the Roman town on the site where London stands today.
  3. True · The period from AD 43 to about AD 410 was nearly four centuries.
  4. A museum coin labelled Roman, found in the region · The museum label identifies the coin as Roman and connects it to a find in the region. The other clues do not establish a Roman date.
  5. Lower spending could leave less money for repairs · Army spending supported the town's economy. When spending fell, less money could be available for repairs.
  6. True · Some lanes follow Roman routes. Straightness is a clue, so evidence of the route's age is needed to check it.
  7. The name suggests a possible Roman link · Caster is a later English ending linked through Old English to Latin castra. It suggests a Roman connection that a local source can help check.
  8. The villa stopped being used as a home · Abandonment shows that the villa stopped being used as a home. It does not establish what tile makers knew or where they went.
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