Starter quiz
- Hillforts were built by the ...
- Ancient Romans
- Celts ✓
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- What did the Romans do to the druids?
- allowed them to worship freely
- forced them to live in one part of Britain
- wiped them out on Anglesey ✓
- took them to Rome in chains
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- Which statements are correct?
- The Romans stopped the worship of all Celtic gods.
- The Romans allowed the worship of Celtic gods. ✓
- The Romans introduced their own gods to Britain. ✓
- The Romans combined some of their gods with Celtic ones. ✓
- Celts in Britain had to respect Roman gods. ✓
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- What would be in the middle of an Ancient Roman town?
- 'forum' ✓
- Match the building to its description.
- forum⇔people used this place to meet ✓
- aqueduct⇔brought clean water to towns ✓
- amphitheatre⇔place for public entertainment ✓
- The Ancient Romans built ______ to connect new towns across Britain.
- 'roads' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which statement is correct?
- Celtic rulers had to decide whether to fight the Romans or make peace with them. ✓
- Celtic rulers had no chance to make peace, they were all killed by the Romans.
- All Celtic rulers decided to fight the Romans.
- All Celtic rulers decided to make peace with the Romans.
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- Celtic leaders could keep their land if they …
- paid taxes to the Ancient Romans. ✓
- travelled to Rome in chains.
- joined the Ancient Roman army.
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- Which statements are correct?
- The Ancient Romans sometimes combined their gods with Celtic ones. ✓
- The Ancient Romans wiped out the druids on Anglesey. ✓
- The Ancient Romans introduced their own gods to Britain. ✓
- The Ancient Romans began to worship Celtic gods in Rome.
- The Ancient Romans banned the worship of Celtic gods.
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- The Ancient Romans built roads, walls and buildings using …
- 'stone' ✓
- Match the building to its description.
- forum⇔an Ancient Roman meeting square ✓
- roundhouse⇔a Celtic house ✓
- hillfort⇔a Celtic settlement ✓
- aqueduct⇔an Ancient Roman structure for transporting water ✓
- The culture that developed in Britain after the Ancient Roman conquest is called ...
- British-Roman.
- Celtic-British.
- Romano-British. ✓
- Roman-Celtic.
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Key learning points
- Many Celtic people adopted Ancient Roman ways of life, but some resisted.
- Ancient Roman religions were adopted in Britain but often overlapped with older beliefs.
- Ancient Roman town building created major urban centres for the first time, connected by paved roads.
- Roman settlement meant that people and goods from many countries travelled to Britain e.g. the Ivory Bangle Lady.
- Many aspects of life changed for people in Britain, and resistance to Ancient Roman rule and culture varied.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that all aspects of religion, or all aspects of buildings changed.
Remind pupils that within an area of study that we define, there can be elements of both change and continuity.
Keywords
Romano-british - the culture that developed in Britain after the Ancient Roman conquest is called Romano-British culture
Ivory bangle lady - the Ivory Bangle Lady was an Ancient Roman with North African family whose skeleton was found in York
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