Ancient Greece
What were the two most important city states in Ancient Greece?
Athens and Sparta
What were the two dominant languages during Ancient Rome?
Latin and Greek
What is the longest river flowing to the Mediterranean Sea?
Nile
Name four Mediterranean countries that are part of the EU (according to the EU Comission).
Portugal, Spain, France, Malta, Italy, Greece, and Cyprus.
How many regions were unified to form Ancient Egypt?
Two - upper and lower Egypt.
Who were the three most important philosophers during the period?
Socrates, Aristotle and Plato
How many soldiers did a centuria unit in the Roman army originally have?
100
What is a peninsula?
Generally defined as a piece of land surrounded on most sides by water.
Name five official languages in the Mediterranean region.
Albanian, Arabic, Croatian, English, French, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Maltese, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish and Turkish.
What is a meander?
A winding curve or bend of a river.
What was the alliance of city-states led by Athens called?
Delian League
Which famous Roman general finally conquered the region of Gaul?
Julius Caesar
What is the largest island in the Mediterranean region?
Sicily
Considering GDP (PPP) per capita - and excluding Monaco, what is the richest Mediterranean country?
Name three countries the Rhine river flows through.
What were the two civilizations that inhabited the region before the establishment of Ancient Greece?
Minoans and Mycenaeans
How long did the Roman republic last? (+/- 20 years)
482 years
What are the three straits that the Mediterranean Sea connects?
Gibraltar, Dardanelles, and Bosporus.
(Suez Canal may be accepted)
What are the three most populated European cities in the Mediterranean region?
How many laws are there in the Hammurabi Code? (+/-2)
282
In which year were the first Olympic games held?
776 BCE
According to Roman sources, how many people could the Colosseum accomodate for events? (+/- 2000)
87000
There are nine countries in the world with regions classified as having a Mediterranean climate, but are not in or near the Mediterranean region. Name three of them.
USA, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Australia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya.
Seven Mediterranean islands have a population larger than 200,000 people. Name 5 of them.
Sicily
Sardinia
Malta
Cyprus
Majorca
Crete
Corsica
What is the first name of the archaeologist who discovered Lucy?
Donald Johanson