Quiz · Roads of the Roman Empire

Question 1What is the listening text mainly about overall?

How Roman soldiers fought in far away countries How the Romans built and used their long straight roads Why rain water is bad for modern roads How traders made wine, oil, and cloth

Question 2Why was the middle of each road higher than the sides?

So rain water could run off and the road stayed dry So soldiers could march faster on the road So traders could see the road from far away So the stones would last for many centuries

Question 3What did workers do first when building a road?

They filled the trench with flat stone slabs They built watchtowers along the whole route They carried wine and oil on the road They dug a deep trench along the route