The British Economy Under the Roman Empire Following the Roman Empire conquering the area in the first century A.D., there is a great deal of archaeological evidence for the economic growth of the British Isles. Prior to this event, the economy of the British Isles, which was based on manufacturing, was centered mainly on the household and on craft skills, and where the best quality and greatest range of goods were largely a monopoly of the tribal aristocracies. This was the nature of the economy which lasted in regions of Britain that were unconquered by the Roman Empire, even though some Roman products were utilized in such areas. The majority of these Roman artifacts were glass vessels, pots, as well as small metal objects that were dispersed over a vast region. They perhaps held a symbolic value and were not necessarily used for their originally designed purposes. The spread of Roman objects beyond Roman Britain does not seem to have happened on an enormous scale. In areas where artifacts are more numerous, it is likely due to gift giving during close interactions between the Roman government and the tribes. The word “ lasted” in the passage is closest in meaning to •A.endured•B.spread•C.was copied•D.was presentedAccording to paragraph 1, the presence of a multitude of Roman products in the regions of Britain that were not under Roman was caused by •A.the trade of goods between traveling Roman craftspeople throughBritain and local inhabitants•B.gifts Roman government officials provided to local tribes due to closerelationships with the tribes and their officials•C.trade between centers of manufacturing in Roman Britain and incenters in other regions of the Roman Empire•D.the settlement of a high number of Roman people in regions aroundthe Roman Britain provinceIn regions that experienced direct economic control under the Romans, however, economic growth is clearly notable. There was an enormous increase in the number and variety of goods in circulation and the range of settlements in which they were found. This is clearly true in the overwhelming majority of excavated sites in Roman Britain, with the only exceptions being some rural regions that continued the pre-Roman, Iron Age pattern. The majority of sites resulted in the discovery of an abundance of iron, glass, and pottery, and good quantities of copper alloys, lead, tin, silver, and occasionally gold. For example, the humble iron nail is found in numbers not repeated until the Industrial Revolution. Paragraph 2 mentions all of the following as evidence of Roman Britain’s economic development EXCEPT •A.a rise in the variety of products available•B.a growth in the quantity of settlements where products becameavailable•C.an increase in the diversity of materials uncovered at archaeological•D.sites a rise in the rural populationIn paragraph 2，the author talks...
