Lesson test: What the peace bought

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What the peace bought

1.[3p]
Why is Monte Testaccio a hill rather than a scatter of sherds?

Oil soaks into the ceramic, so an oil amphora cannot be reused or recycled

Correct

Roman law required broken pottery to be stacked

The answer is: Oil soaks into the ceramic, so an oil amphora cannot be reused or recycled

The jars were deliberately piled to make a monument

The answer is: Oil soaks into the ceramic, so an oil amphora cannot be reused or recycled

Wine amphorae were dumped there as well

The answer is: Oil soaks into the ceramic, so an oil amphora cannot be reused or recycled

2.[3p]
Fifty-three million amphorae at 70 litres each, spread over 250 years, gives what annual flow in millions of litres?

CorrectNot quite: 14.8

3.[2p]
Against a city of one million people, how many litres of oil a head per year is that?

CorrectNot quite: 14.8

4.[3p]
Which objections weaken the shipwreck curve?

Select all that apply

Amphorae survive far better than barrels or sacks

Correct

Wrecks are found where people dive, not where ships sank

Correct

Datable wrecks depend on how finely each period's jars are typed

Correct

Ancient ships were never wrecked in deep water

The answer is: Amphorae survive far better than barrels or sacks, Wrecks are found where people dive, not where ships sank, Datable wrecks depend on how finely each period's jars are typed

5.[3p]
What does lead in Greenland ice measure indirectly?

Silver production, because cupellation releases lead vapour

Correct

The size of the Roman fleet

The answer is: Silver production, because cupellation releases lead vapour

The volume of Mediterranean trade

The answer is: Silver production, because cupellation releases lead vapour

Volcanic activity in the Mediterranean

The answer is: Silver production, because cupellation releases lead vapour

6.[3p]
A million people at 40 modii of wheat a year, carried in ships of 10,000 modii. How many shiploads?

CorrectNot quite: 4000

7.[3p]
Spread across a 240-day sailing season, how many grain ships had to arrive each day? Give it to one decimal place.

CorrectNot quite: 16.7

8.[2p]
Skeletal evidence showing flat or falling adult height overturns the case for a larger imperial economy.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

9.[3p]
Match each proxy to what it directly counts.

Monte Testaccio
the wreck catalogue
Greenland ice
city sizes

voyages that ended on the sea floor
people who had to be fed from somewhere else
lead particles that settled out of the air
jars of Spanish oil dumped beside one Roman port

Show the answer

Monte Testaccio: jars of Spanish oil dumped beside one Roman port the wreck catalogue: voyages that ended on the sea floor Greenland ice: lead particles that settled out of the air city sizes: people who had to be fed from somewhere else

1.[3p] Why is Monte Testaccio a hill rather than a scatter of sherds?

2.[3p] Fifty-three million amphorae at 70 litres each, spread over 250 years, gives what annual flow in millions of litres?

3.[2p] Against a city of one million people, how many litres of oil a head per year is that?

4.[3p] Which objections weaken the shipwreck curve?

5.[3p] What does lead in Greenland ice measure indirectly?

6.[3p] A million people at 40 modii of wheat a year, carried in ships of 10,000 modii. How many shiploads?

7.[3p] Spread across a 240-day sailing season, how many grain ships had to arrive each day? Give it to one decimal place.

8.[2p] Skeletal evidence showing flat or falling adult height overturns the case for a larger imperial economy.

9.[3p] Match each proxy to what it directly counts.

1.[3p]
Why is Monte Testaccio a hill rather than a scatter of sherds?

2.[3p]
Fifty-three million amphorae at 70 litres each, spread over 250 years, gives what annual flow in millions of litres?

3.[2p]
Against a city of one million people, how many litres of oil a head per year is that?

4.[3p]
Which objections weaken the shipwreck curve?

5.[3p]
What does lead in Greenland ice measure indirectly?

6.[3p]
A million people at 40 modii of wheat a year, carried in ships of 10,000 modii. How many shiploads?

7.[3p]
Spread across a 240-day sailing season, how many grain ships had to arrive each day? Give it to one decimal place.

8.[2p]
Skeletal evidence showing flat or falling adult height overturns the case for a larger imperial economy.

9.[3p]
Match each proxy to what it directly counts.