Latin 7



Latin 8

Culture Review I

Answer the following questions or fill in the blanks.

1. What year was Rome founded? _____________

2. Who was the first king of Rome? ______________

3. Who was the first king’s twin brother? _______________ Their father was the god __________. Into what river were they abandoned? ______________

4. Rome was built on ________ hills.

5. The ______________ hill is where many emperors built their palaces.

6. The Temple of Jupiter Maximus was built on the ____________ hill.

7. The ____________ river runs through Rome.

8. The Romans traced their lineage back to _______________, a Trojan warrior. His mother was the goddess ________________. The Roman epic The Aeneid about the founding of the Roman race was written by the Roman poet ___________________.

9. The first form of government was the __________________.

10. The republic began in _____________B.C.

11. The first Emperor of Rome was __________________. He was the adopted son of the most famous Roman general, _____________________. This general conquered France, then known as, _______________. This general was killed on this date: __________________________, known as the ________ _____ _____________.

12. Mt. __________________ erupted in _______ A.D. and buried the cities ___________________ and ____________________.

13. ________________ the elder wrote letters about the eruption of this Mt.

14. The Punic wars were fought between Rome and this city: __________________. The most famous general of this city was ________________, who once led elephants over the Alps to invade Italy.

15. This was the gladiator-slave that led a slave revolt ending in 71BC.

16. The stilus, tabella, abacus, and ludus are all associated with Roman _____________.

17. The paedagogus was a (usually Greek) __________________ that accompanied a boy to school and was responsible for looking after his education.

18. This structure was used for chariot racing in Rome ________________________.

19. This building was used to house gladiator fights and mock naval battles _________________________.

20. This temple, dedicated to all the gods, was noted for its huge dome ___________________.

21. This was the structure from which the politicians made their speeches in Rome. ___________________

22. The center for business, political, and economic life in ancient Rome was the _____________________.

23. The __________________ were the public baths in ancient Rome.

24. These structures brought water into Rome __________________.

25. Roman male citizens had _______ (number) names. They were called (in order): __________________________________________

26. The daughter of a Roman citizen named with the feminized form of her father’s _____________________.

27. Men, women, and children all wore a simple garment called a _________________.

28. Boys and high ranking government officials wore this special toga with a purple stripe: ___________________________

29. Upon coming of age, boys gave up the necklace called a ____________ that had been given to them at their naming ceremony, and took on the toga of manhood called the ______________________.

30. Roman matrons (married women) wore this strapped dress over their tunics: _______________.

31. ___________________ was the common word for shoes.

32. The Roman city or townhouse was called a ________________. The Roman country house was called a __________________. The apartment buildings that took up entire Roman blocks were called ______________________.

33. The kitchen was the __________________. The dining room was the _________________. The main room in the front of the house was the _________________. The pool for rainwater in this main room was the _________________. The skylight was the ___________________. The bedroom was the _______________. The master’s study was the ___________________. The entrance passage way was the __________________. Shops in the front of houses or in the forum were called __________________. The back courtyard with gardens was the ___________________.

34. Paterfamilias was the male __________________. Patria potestas is the phrase used to describe the ______________ the paterfamilias had over the members of his family.

35. The Roman god of lightning and thunder, also the king of the gods, was _____________ (Gk: Zeus)

36. The Roman goddess of marriage and women, also the queen of the gods, was _______________ (Gk: Hera)

37. The Roman god of the sea was ________________ (Gk: Poseidon)

38. The Roman god of the underworld was ________________ (Gk: Hades)

39. The Roman goddess of grain and the harvest was __________________ (Gk: Demeter)

40. The Roman goddess of war, wisdom, and weaving was __________________ (Gk: Athena)

41. The Roman god of war was _______________ (Gk: Ares)

42. The Roman goddess of love and beauty was ______________ (Gk: Aphrodite)

43. The Roman goddess of hearth and home was ______________ (Gk: Hestia)

44. The Roman god of sun, light, music, medicine, etc was ______________ (Gk: Apollo)

45. The Roman god of wine, merriment, and theater was ______________ (Gk: Dionysus)

46. The Roman god of love was __________________ (Gk: Eros)

47. The queen of the Underworld, wife of Hades, daughter of Demeter: ___________________ (Gk: Persephone)

48. The messenger of the gods, and the god of travelers and thieves: ___________________ (Gk: Hermes)

49. The blacksmith of the gods: ________________ (Gk: Hephaestus)

50. The Roman goddess of the moon and hunt: __________________ (Gk: Artemis)

51. Father of Iuppiter and king of the Titans, god of the harvest: ___________________ (Gk: Chronos)

52. The Roman god of doorways, shown with two faces, is ________________.

53. Iuno’s bird is ______________________.

54. Jupiter turned Io into a _______________ in a failed attempt to hide her from Juno.

55. The demigod ____________________ whose parents were _______________ and the mortal Alcmene, performed 12 labors.

56. The story of the kidnapping of Proserpina explained the ______________.

57. The three-headed dog of the underworld: _____________________.

58. ___________________ ferried the dead across the river Styx.

59. The household gods were known as the ________________ and were worshiped in the household shrine called a _____________________.

60. ___________________ sprang fully grown from her father’s head.

61. Apollo loved ___________________, but she did not love him back and became a __________________.

62. The festival held in December in honor of the god Saturn: __________________

63. The gods and goddesses lived on ______________________.

64. The queen of Carthage in The Aeneid was _____________.

65. A Roman bride wore the flammeum, which was an flame (orange) colored __________________.

66. Ubi tu Gaius, Ego Gaia were words spoken by Roman ___________________.

67. This most famous of Roman roads, was known as the Regina Viarum or queen of roads: ______________________

68. Mare nostrum is the Latin for which body of water: ________________________

69. The main road through the Roman Forum was the _____________________.

70. Label the pictures below:

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