What was the world's first civilization?
Mesopotamia (or specifically, Sumeria)
According to ancient beliefs, on which mountain did the gods live?
Mount Olympus.
Who was the first Roman Emperor?
Cesar Augustus (Octavian).
What do the prefixes mono and poly mean?
One and many
In this city-state, women could own property. (double points if you can tell me why!)
Sparta; because women needed to own land in case their husbands were killed in battle.
The Peloponnesus is what type of geographic feature?
A Peninsula.
How are the Iliad and the Odyssey similiar?
They are both epic poems.
The capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, is the site of which modern-day city?
Istanbul
Name the three types of Greek columns
Doric, Ionic, Corinthinian
Name a specific reason for the decline in Rome's empire.
food shortage; Marcus Aurelius's death; empire too big; personal armies; civil war/splitting of empire; inconsistent rule
What was the name of the period when people learned to farm?
Neolithic Revolution or Neolithic Period or Agricultural Revolution