WorksheetsNLE Latin 1 Culture 1999
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
What type of government did Lucius Brutus, Rome's first consul, establish in 509 BC?
monarchy
republic
empire
triumvirate
If your teacher says, "Scribe quaeso, tuum nomen in tabula," you will
write out the new story
put your book on the desk
write your name on the board
go to the door
Rome's northernmost province, first invaded by Julius Caesar in 55 BC, was
Hispania
Graecia
Britannia
Asia Minor
As the god of Sun and Light, who was also the patron divinity of poetry and prophecy?
Athena
Apollo
Aphrodite
Zeus
Quid faciebant gladiatores in amphitheatro?
cantabant
pugnabant
dormiebant
se lavabant
Vasco de Gama was the first European explorer to circumnavigate Africa. Circumnavigate means
establish colonies in
discover gold in
reach the interior of
sail around
The change of seasons was explained by the sorrow or joy of ______________ whose daughter, Persephone, was snatched to the underworld.
Ceres
Minerva
Venus
Juno
Capitoline, Esquiline, and Palatine are ____________ of Rome
hills
buildings
emperors
roads
The refugees were soon repatriated.
given money
returned to their country
given new jobs
sent to prison
If your teacher writes N.B. on the board, she is telling the class to
give an example
write more clearly
note carefully
stay after school
In which directions do you go as you leave Rome toward Pompeii on the Via Appia?
north
south
east
west
Constantinople was captured by the Turks in A.D. MCDLIII
1053
1153
1453
1553
