The Dog of Pompeii WebQuest

PART 1: Pompeii

1. Pompeii joined the ______in ______.

2. In ______a terrible earthquake left Pompeii devastated. Then the second

and ______disaster hit the eruption of ______.

3. For ______days, volcanic matter covered Pompeii, making a blanket

______to ______feet deep over the entire area.

4. The survivors who escaped the eruption were soon killed by ______.

PART 3: odyssey- Rome

5. Pompeii lay untouched and undiscovered until its discovery in the ______

and excavation beginning in the ______.

6. Click on Public Life: Pompeii was a ______town.

It included a ______, an open square of marketplace. This part of the

city is where ______, ______, and

______activities took place.

7. Click on Theaters: For popular entertainment, the Romans borrowed the

______theater form.

8. For large spectacles or sporting events, they invented their own building design- the

______, which were very similar to modern ______.

9. Click back, click on Shops: Archeologists working at Pompeii have

also uncovered shops for ______, ______,

and mills for ______.

10. Click back, click on Baths: Romans went to large, public ______.

The baths were a place to ______as well as a

______where Romans met friends to exercise and chat.

PART 4: What did the Eruption look like?

15. This animation shows the ______stage of an eruption. It is

named after ______, a Roman soldier who watched the eruption and

tried to help some of the people.

16. During this stage, ______, ______, ______, and

______erupt high into the air, but no ______flows.

17. In the next stage, a superhot cloud of ______and ______flowed

down the side of Vesuvius covering the town of ______.

PART 5: What kind of volcano is Vesuvius?

18. Vesuvius is a ______volcano, made up of alternate layers of

______and ______.

PART 6: Why is Vesuvius located where it is?

19. Vesuvius is located where one section of the earth is pushing against the other.

These sections are called ______. The plate that is pushed down is

heated until it melts, forming ______. Because magma is less

______than the rock around it, it is pushed upward.

20. If it finds a weak place, it may break through and form a ______.

PART 7: Map of Pompeii (Fill in the boxes with the words from the diagram)