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Foedere et Religione Tenemur- FERT

translate this motto for 100 points

think about the meaning and name the country whose motto this is for an additional 200 points

hint: this was a kingdom from 1861 to 1946 (ending with WW2), when it became a republic

If you can name which ablative type this is an example of, additional 100 points


100 points: We are held together by pact and by religion

200 points: Italy

100 points: ablative of means

100

What ancient event has been handed down in stories in many different cultures?


hint: Genesis 6

The Flood

100

Name the elements with these latin abbreviations:

Cu

Fe

bonus 100 points: Au

bonus 100 points: Ag

Copper

Iron

bonus: gold

bonus: silver

100

What are the 5 characteristics for Latin verbs? 

person

number

tense

mood

voice

100

pulvis,pulveris


you may ask for a hint and get 1/2 credit

dust

200

Pro mundi beneficio.

200 points if you can translate

200 more points if you can name the country who motto this is

100 extra points if you can tell us why this motto is appropriate for this particular country

200 points: For the benefit of the world.

200 points: Panama

100 points: the significance of the Panama Canal

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 The Council of Nicaea gave us this creed. 

Bonus 100 points: what was the main concern addressed in this creed? 

Nicene Creed

Bonus 100 points: the Trinity/Christ as the Son of God

200

what does the rhetorical device METONYMY mean? 

the use of a thing closely associated with something else to mean the "something else"

White House to mean the government

Dice to mean gambling

200

What do we call conjunctions that join two independent  sentences together to create a compound sentence? 


Bonus of 100 points: Why would it be important when reading Latin to located the conjunction of a compound sentence?

coordinating conjunctions


100 point bonus: by identifying the conjunctions, you can break down a longer compound sentence into two shorter independent clauses. 

200

incendium, ī


you may ask for a hint and receive 1/2 credit

fire, heat

300

Parva sub ingenti.

This motto means "little under large" and belongs to what country? 

hint: it's little

hint: next to something large

bonus of 100 points:  where is this located? 

300 points: Prince Edward Island

100 points: off the coast of Canada just north of Nova Scotia

300

What was the social, political, and cultural system of networks in Ancient Rome? 


Paton-client system

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Which marvel of architecture remains today and was an original temple build by Agrippa? 

hint: it was known a a temple of all gods. 

extra 100 points: what is unique about the top of this structure? 

Pantheon

bonus 100 points: dome has opening in it for sunlight to stream through. 

300

What is the tense of this verb? 

appellābitur


bonus of 100 points: is this active or passive voice? 

future passive

300

modus, ī


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method, way

400

Fill in the blank: "Nihil Sine ____."

100 point Bonus: what country is the motto from? 

400 points: Deo

100 points: Romania

400

Name the mountain that erupted and what city it destroyed in AD 79

bonus of 200 points: who was the one eyewitness who wrote about this event? be specific. 


Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii

bonus 200 points: Pliny the younger

400

what is the difference between an antistrophe and an anaphora? 

antistrophe- repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses

anaphora- repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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Identify the relative pronoun in the following sentence:

Hadrian was an emperor of Rome who built the great wall across Britain. 

bonus of 100 points: what antecedent does the relative pronoun refer to?

who


bonus 100 points: Hadrian

400

Tenebrae, ārum


you may ask for a hint and receive 1/2 credit

shadow, darkness

500

Plus ultra.

Translate this motto of Spain. 

300 point Bonus: This coat of arms contains two large pillars.  What do these represent? 2 geographical features we discussed.

hint: remember the location of Spain and the narrow strait.  Bonus of 100 points to name the strait.

500 point: Further beyond. 

The pillars represent the Gibraltar Strait (100 points) and in ancient times known as the Pillars of Hercules.  (the rock of Gibraltar and the mountain in Africa) 300 points. 

500

Name the ancient artifact that depicts the Sack of Jerusalem.  

bonus 100 points: what item from the temple is detailed in this? 

bonus 200 points: What does SPQR mean? 

Arch of Titus

bonus 100 points: lampstand/menorah

bonus 200 points: The Senate and People of Rome

500

translate the following abbreviations:

1. Anno Domini (AD)

2. et cetera (etc.)

3. ante meridian (a.m.)

4. post meridian (p.m.)

1. In the year of our Lord

2. and the rest

3. before midday

4. after midday

500

Name the singular relative pronouns for masculine, feminine, and neuter.

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perficiō, perlifere, perfēcī, perfectum

to finish, to complete