Benchmark#5:AnsweringYourResearchQuestions

DueDate:May13,2016

Directions:
UsingyourresearchandCornellNotes,use
thebest
informationyoufound
fromyoursourcestoansweryourresearchquestions.Followthestepsbelow:

1) CopyandpastethesourcesyouusedforyournotesintotheSourceboxand
numbereachsource
2) Takethequestionsyouusedduringyourresearchandpasteonequestioninto
eachrowonthelefthandside
3) Answerthequestionsontherighthandsideofthetable(providesourcenumbers
forwhereyoufoundyouranswers)
4) Figureoutwhatyouandyourgroupstillneedstolearnandresearchmoreabout
andwhatnewquestionsyouhave.

Mr.RutherfordsExample:

Sources
1)
http://education.national
geographic.org/activity/technologyandcontrolancientrome/
2)
http://rome.mrdonn.org/achievements.html
3)
http://rome.mrdonn.org/romanroads.html
4)
http://www.knowtheromans.co.uk/Categories/SubCategories/Inventions/
5)
http://www.history.com/news/historylists/10innovationsthatbuiltancientrome
6)
http://www.historyforkids.net/romanscience.html
7)
http://www.scientiareview.org/pdfs/258.pdf
8)
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_roman_engineering.php
9)
http://www.ngkids.co.uk/history/10factsabouttheancientRomans
10)
http://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/ancientrome/

QuestionsandAnswers:
1)Whatinventions/innovations TheRomansinventedandinnovatedaqueducts,roads,arches,
didtheancientRomans
amphitheatersandconcrete.(Sources1,3,5)TheRomansalso
create?
inventedandinnovatedsewersystemsandtheJulianCalendar
(Sources2,4)

Whatdoyoustillneedtolearnmoreabout?
Questionyoustillhave:

HowweretheRomaninventionsbuilt?

Informationyoustillneedtolearn

Istillneedtolearnmoreabouthowthese

WhatmaterialsdidtheRomansusetobuild
theseinventions

inventionsworkedandwhattheywereused
for.
Ialsoneedtofindoutthecausesofbuilding
theseinventionsandinnovationsandthe
effectstheseinnovationshadonRomans
.

YourWork

Sources
:
http://www.ngkids.co.uk/history/10factsabouttheancientRomans
,
http://wikitravel.org/en/Rome
http://www.knowtheromans.co.uk/Categories/SubCatagories/Invention

QuestionsandAnswers:
Questions
1. WhatdidtheRomans
invent?

Answers(Source#)
1) TheRomansinventedthingssuchasAqueducts,Concrete
,Newspaper,BoundBooks,RoadsandHighways,RomeArches
,TheJulianCalendar,sewer

WhydidtheRomansinventthese
things?

2.)TheancientromansbuiltAqueductsbecausethewaterofthetiber
riverwaspollutedandtheydidnotwanttodrinkfromthatwater
becausetheywillgetsickordie.TheaqueductshelpedtheRomansget
freshcleanwatertobatheanddrinkfromplacesfarawaysuchasthe
mountains.Theaqueductsalsoallowedforsanitationanduseofpublic
toilet.ThenextthingtheymadeisromanroadstheybuiltitBecauseso
thearmycanmovequietly.ThefourthingtheymadeisBoundBooks
theymadeitBecausesolittlekidswanttolearnandsomepeoplewant
tolearnhowtoread.ThefifthonetheybuiltitsRomeroadsand
highwaystheybuiltitBecausetheyneedtomovefoodplacetoplace
andsothearmycanmovequietly.ThesixonetheybuiltitsRome
archerstheybuiltitBecausetheyneedtobringlawhouse.Theseven
onetheybuiltitsThejulianCalendarTheybuiltitBecausetheywantto
knowwhatit'sthedateeveryday.

Howdidtheseinventionshelpthe
Romans?

WhydidtheromanAqueductsHelprome?Becausetheyhelpbybring
freshwatertothetownandiftheydidnthavefreshwatertheywilldie
Becausethewaterwaspollutedandsomepeopleweredieing,they
foundthewaterbethemountainandtheydidnotknowhowtheycan
makethewatergotothetownsotheywanttobuilttheAqueducts.Why

didtheromanConcretehelptherome?,Becausetheyneedthke
concretetomaketheromeroadsandhighways,Aqueduct,archesand
house,stores.WhydidromenewspaperhelpromeBecausetheycan
hearifthey'regoingtobeanearthquakesandifthereakillontheloose
orananimal.Whydidsewerhelprome,theyhelpthemBecausethey
neededtoputallthewaste.WhydidtheBoundbookshelpromethey
helpthemBecausesomepeoplewantthemtoreadandtheyteachthe
thematschoolsowhentheygrowuptheywillhaveagoodjobandgood
life.WhydidtheRomanroadsandhighwayshelpRomeBecausethe
armycanmovequiltyandtheycanpastfoodbackandforther.Whydid
theRomansarchershelpRomewell.Whydidthe
RomanjuliancalendarhelpRome,Becausetheyneedtoknowwhatis
thedate.

4)HundredsofAqueducteventuallysprangupthroughouttheempire,
someofwhichtransportedwaterasfaras60milesanditgoesbackand
oftodaytheyarestillusingtheInventions.

Howdidtheybuiltinvent

Howdidtheybuiltromeroad,firsttheydigaholetheyputastoneonthe
buttonofthestone,secondthingtheyputispebbles,sandandtheyut
brokenstone,androck.theretolevelsofconertonthetoplevelthey
krenstone.TheAqueductinthemiddleareflatlevelandtheyhavewall
onthesidesotheywaterwillnotmove.Thearchhelptheaqueductto
makethewatergodownhill.

ADDMOREROWSFORQUESTIONSIFYOUNEEDTO.

Whatdoyoustillneedtolearnmoreabout?
Questionsyoustillhave:

Whydidtheymakeallofthese
inventions
Ifanearthquakehappenswilltheyrep
builtit.
Howdidtheysurvivefromallofthese
inventions.

Informationyoustillneedtolearn

Whydidtheybuilt