Ancient Greece - History
This Greek city-state is known as the birthplace of democracy.
Athens
Who is known as a god of wine in Greek religion?
Dionysus
This large invention by the Romans transported water to the city
Aqueduct
Who is the Roman god of the sea?
Neptune
"Polis" is the Greek term for this.
City
This Greek city-state was known for its exceptional military.
Sparta
This famous Greek Poet became famous for writing epics like the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Homer
This Roman general, one of the best-known figures in history, conquered Gaul in 50 B.C. and was later made dictator of Rome.
Julius Caesar
According to Roman legend, this person founded Rome.
Romulus
This Greek word means "Rule by the people".
Democracy
According to legend, the kidnapping of what woman led to the Trojan War?
Helen of Troy
Which mountain is regarded as the abode of the gods in Greek mythology?
Mount Olympus
Which ancient Roman city was destroyed after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
Pompeii
Who was the Roman goddess of love and physical attraction?
Venus
Which of the names of the months comes from a Latin word for “ten”?
December
This famous Greek from Macedonia conquered the known world creating one of the first empires.
Alexander the Great
The Parthenon is a temple built to honor this Greek goddess.
Athena
Upper-class Romans were known as this, and lower-class Romans were known as that.
Patricians
- and -
Plebeians
In ancient Rome, who was the equivalent to greek goddess Hera?
Juno
Which of the following come from a Latin word meaning “on the right-hand side”?
Austerity
Prosperity
Dexterity
Temerity
Dexterity
Who was the enemy of Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
This type of adventure story in Greek literature is very long and has a hero as the main character (e.g. The Iliad)
Epic poem
This Roman innovation for transportation was created using ash, rocks, water, and limestone.
Roman concrete
What is the name of the Roman goddess of grain?
Ceres
The Greek word Mouseios, meaning “of the Muses” or "related to the Muses", gave rise to which word in English?
Museum