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NLE Latin 1 Culture 1999

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of government did Lucius Brutus, Rome's first consul, establish in 509 BC?

a)

monarchy

b)

republic

c)

empire

d)

triumvirate

2.

If your teacher says, "Scribe quaeso, tuum nomen in tabula," you will

a)

write out the new story

b)

put your book on the desk

c)

write your name on the board

d)

go to the door

3.

Rome's northernmost province, first invaded by Julius Caesar in 55 BC, was

a)

Hispania

b)

Graecia

c)

Britannia

d)

Asia Minor

4.

As the god of Sun and Light, who was also the patron divinity of poetry and prophecy?

a)

Athena

b)

Apollo

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Zeus

5.

Quid faciebant gladiatores in amphitheatro?

a)

cantabant

b)

pugnabant

c)

dormiebant

d)

se lavabant

6.

Vasco de Gama was the first European explorer to circumnavigate Africa. Circumnavigate means

a)

establish colonies in

b)

discover gold in

c)

reach the interior of

d)

sail around

7.

The change of seasons was explained by the sorrow or joy of ______________ whose daughter, Persephone, was snatched to the underworld.

a)

Ceres

b)

Minerva

c)

Venus

d)

Juno

8.

Capitoline, Esquiline, and Palatine are ____________ of Rome

a)

hills

b)

buildings

c)

emperors

d)

roads

9.

The refugees were soon repatriated.

a)

given money

b)

returned to their country

c)

given new jobs

d)

sent to prison

10.

If your teacher writes N.B. on the board, she is telling the class to

a)

give an example

b)

write more clearly

c)

note carefully

d)

stay after school

11.

In which directions do you go as you leave Rome toward Pompeii on the Via Appia?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

12.

Constantinople was captured by the Turks in A.D. MCDLIII

a)

1053

b)

1153

c)

1453

d)

1553