LI IA E E R IN AT -L M ON Carlo Scataglini STORIA FACILE PER LA CLASSE QUINTA La civiltà greca, l’Italia antica e l’Impero Romano SCUOLA PRIMARIA Unità 3 L’Impero Romano Materiali per la verifica della comprensione Testo completo 1.Ottaviano Augusto, primo imperatore romano Nel 27 a.C. Ottaviano fu nominato «imperator» e nelle sue mani passarono molti poteri. Prova a elencarli. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.La riorganizzazione dei territori Completa la frase. Ottaviano Augusto, per mantenere l’ordine all’interno della città di Roma, istituì ______________________________________________ che aveva il compito di _______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ . © 2012 , C. S catag lini, St oria faci le p , Erickson er la classe quinta, Trento 3 3.Splendore dell’Impero Romano Cosa si intende quando si parla di «splendore dell’Impero Romano»? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 4.Lo sviluppo artistico Completa la frase. La cultura romana si diffuse in tutto l’impero. A _______________________ __________ si parlava il _________________________________ , mentre a _____________ ____________________ si parlava il _________________________________ . 5.La vita a Roma La vita a Roma era ricca di divertimenti e lussuosa. Cosa facevano i Romani alle terme? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2012 , C. S catag lini, St oria faci le p , Erickson er la classe quinta, Trento 4 6.I combattimenti dei gladiatori Completa la frase. Spesso i combattimenti negli anfiteatri venivano organizzati dagli imperatori allo scopo di _______________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ . 7.I successori di Ottaviano Augusto Tra i successori di Ottaviano ci furono molti importanti imperatori. Prova a elencarne alcuni. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2012 , C. S catag lini, St oria faci le p , Erickson er la classe quinta, Trento 5 8.La massima espansione dell’Impero Romano Quali territori conquistò Traiano? Perché, in particolare, conquistò la Dacia? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 9.Lo splendore dell’architettura romana Il foro era un luogo importantissimo per la città. Prova a descriverlo. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2012 , C. S catag lini, St oria faci le p , Erickson er la classe quinta, Trento 6 10.Archi, colonne e sculture «A volte, l’arte romana era al servizio degli imperatori». Spiega questa frase. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 11.Pittura, mosaici e gioielli La pittura, nella Roma antica, utilizzava varie tecniche. Sai fare qualche esempio? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2012 , C. S catag lini, St oria faci le p , Erickson er la classe quinta, Trento 7 12.La nascita del Cristianesimo Perché l’Impero Romano accettò la condanna a morte di Gesù? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 13.La diffusione del Cristianesimo Il messaggio di Gesù si diffuse grazie agli apostoli. Chi erano? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2012 , C. S catag lini, St oria faci le p , Erickson er la classe quinta, Trento 8 14.La crisi dell’impero La crisi dell’impero ebbe diverse cause. Prova a elencarne alcune. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 15.Costantino e la libertà di religione Perché l’imperatore Costantino cercò l’appoggio della Chiesa? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2012 , C. S catag lini, St oria faci le p , Erickson er la classe quinta, Trento 9 16.La nuova capitale dell’impero Completa la frase. L’attuale capitale della Turchia, Istanbul, era una città talmente importante durante l’Impero Romano, che Costantino _____________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ . __________________________________________________________________________________________ 17.La divisione dell’Impero Romano Per quale ragione l’imperatore Teodosio divise l’Impero Romano? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2012 , C. S catag lini, St oria faci le p , Erickson er la classe quinta, Trento 10 18.Lungo i confini dell’impero: i Germani Descrivi brevemente chi erano i Germani. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 19.Le invasioni barbariche Cosa accadde nel 476 d.C.? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ © 2012 , C. 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