2008 TSJCL AREA C



2012 TSJCL AREA C

ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY AND MONUMENTS TEST

Part I: Where would you go to see the following?

1. The Ara Pacis: a) Esquiline Hill b) Capitoline Hill c) Pompeii d) Campus Martius e) Herculaneum

2. Troy: a) France b) Greece c) Turkey d) Iraq e) Syria

3. The Erechtheum: a) Rome b) Athens c) Alexandria d) Mycenae e) Florence

4. Temple of Mars Ultor: a) Trajan’s Forum b) Caesar’s Forum c) Campus Martius d) Forum Romanum e) Forum of Augustus

5. The House of the Faun: a) Pompeii b) Herculaneumm c) Rome d) Naples e) Nola

6. The site of ancient Palmyra: a) Greece b) Syria c) Turkey d) Crete e) Israel

7. Ancient Aquae Sextiae: a) England b) Ireland c) France d) Germany e) Spain

8. The sites of both the oldest and youngest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? a) Greece b) Turkey c) Crete d) Sicily e) Egypt

9. The site of Caesar’s assassination: a) Campus Martius b) Forum Romanum

c) Caesar’s Forum d) the Curia e) the Palatine

10. The site where Nero constructed an artificial lake for his Golden House: a) Forum Romanum b) Circus Maximus c) Colosseum d) Campus Martius e) the Quirinal Hill

Part II: Choose the best answer for each question:

11. The so-called “Hut of Romulus” was found on a) the Capitoline b) the Esquiline c) the Caelian d) the Viminal e) the Palatine

12. Who, employing an octagonal shape, redesigned the harbor town Portus, originally built by Claudius? a) Nero b) Hadrian c) Trajan d) Diocletian e) Caracalla

13. Rome’s second aqueduct was an underground tunnel diverting water from and named after which river? a) Tiber b) Arno c) Sarno d) Anio e) Po

14. Which of these cities was farthest from Pompeii? a) Nola b) Herculaneum c) Stabiae d) Lavinium e) Neopolis

15. In which region of ancient Greece was Athens located? a) Attica b) Boetia c) Euboea d) Phocis e) Aetolia

16. In which direction would you be traveling if you departed ancient Rome on the Via Aurelia? a) north b) south c) east d) west e) northeast

17. Which province was conquered during the reign of the emperor Claudius?

a) Gallia b) Hispania c) Brittania d) Sicilia e) Graecia

18. From whom did the Romans acquire Sicily? a) Egypt b) Carthage c) Greece d) Gaul e) the Parthians

19. Which forum was the largest and the last to be built?

a) Forum Transitorium b) Forum Ulpium c) Forum Piscarium d) Forum Iulium e) Forum Holitorium

20. Which of these arches was very distinctive in its shape and provided shade for merchants in the Forum Boarum? a) Janus b) Constantine c) Titus d) Augustus e) Tiberius

Part III: Match the illustration with its name (see illustrations with question numbers labeled in the back)

21. This building in Athens is distinctive because of the Carytids on the right side.

a) Erectheum b) Parthenon c) Horologium d) Temenos e) Arcoteria

22. Whose tomb is this? a) Augustus b) Hadrian c) Mausolus d) Tiberius e) Nero

23. This type of venue was always roofed. a) theatrum b) amphitheatrum c) odeon d) stadium e) agora

24. Which baths are these? a) Forum b) Central c) Diocletian d) Stabian e) Trajan

25. Whose tomb is this? a) Augustus b) Cestius c) Hadrian d) Mausolus e) Nero

26. This is the a) Curia b) Rostra c) Tullianum d) Tabularium e) Argiletum

27. Where would you find this “triple” temple, restored by Domitian after a fire?

a) Palatine b) Esquiline c) Campus Martius d) Aventine e) Capitoline

28. Where would you find this “double” temple, begun by Hadrian?

a) Tivoli b) Pompeii c) Athens d) near the Colosseum e) Olympia

29. On this diagram of the Campus Martius, what is #12? a) Circus Maximus b) Stadium of Nero c) Circus of Flaminius d) Theater of Balbus e) Stadium of Domitian

30. Same diagram, what is #13? a) Theater of Marcellus b) Theater of Pompey c) Odeon of Domitian d) Theater of Balbus e) the Saepta

31. Same diagram, what is #5? a) Theater of Marcellus b) Theater of Pompey c) Odeon of Domitian d) Theater of Balbus e) the Saepta

32. Same diagram, what is #7? a) Agrippa’s baths b) baths of Nero c) Temple of Hadrian d) Pantheon e) the Saepta

33. Same diagram, what is #2? a) Theater of Marcellus b) Theater of Pompey c) Odeon of Domitian d) Theater of Balbus e) the Saepta

Part V: Use the maps in the back to answer these questions.

Map A: Roman Empire

34. Mauretania: a) 17 b) 33 c) 45 d) 28 e) 13

35. Epirus: a) 19 b) 6 c) 35 d) 29 e) 27

36. Aquitania: a) 9 b) 7 c) 1 d) 25 e) 23

37. Adriatic Sea: a) A b) B c) C d) D e) E

38. Lusitania: a) 6 b) 7 c) 15 d) 19 e) 4

39. Sardinia: a) 19 b) 20 c) 24 d) 34 e) 44

40. Dalmatia: a) 25 b) 27 c) 31 d) 35 e) 16

Map B: Forum Romanum

41. Basilica Nova: a) 1 b) 14 c) 21 d) 25 e) 24

42. Temple of Venus and Rome: a) 25 b) 15 c) 11 d) 22 e) 12

43. Basilica Julia: a) 1 b)14 c) 21 d) 25 e) 24

44. Temple of Castor and Pollux: a) 12 b) 15 c) 25 d) 3 e) 11

45. Temple of Saturn: a) 11 b) 22 c) 25 d) 23 e) 15.

Map C: Italy

46. Lillybaeum: a) 36 b) 38 c) 29 d) 30 e) 24

47. Messana a) 36 b) 29 c) 10 d) 35 e) 26

48. Ostia a) 21 b) 24 c) 32 d) 30 e) 37

49. Syracuse a) 35 b) 39 c) 34 d) 11 e) 36

50. Mediolanum a) 25 b) 22 c) 2 d) 34 e) 24

Tie-Breakers: Answer these starting at 96. Use the Maps in the back.

96. Map A, #27: a) Dacia b) Helvetia c) Cyprus d) Corsica e) Dalmatia

97. Map B, #3: a) temple of Venus b) temple of Deified Caesar c) Temple of Concord d) Curia e) Temple of Mars Ultor

98. Map B, #9: a) temple of Venus b) temple of Deified Caesar c) Temple of Concord d) Curia e) Temple of Mars Ultor

99. Map B, #12: a) Portico of the Harmonious Gods b) Temple of Minerva c) Temple of Mars d) Temple of Caesar e) Largo Argentina

100. Map C, #8: a) Tiberis b) Padus c) Arno d) Sarno e) Rhenus

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Question 23 Question 24

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Question 25

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Question 26 Question 27

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2008 Area C Ancient Geography Key

Contest Code 16

1. D

2. C

3. B

4. E

5. A

6. B

7. C

8. E

9. A

10. C

11. E

12. C

13. D

14. D

15. A

16. D

17. C

18. B

19. B

20. A

21. A

22. C

23. C

24. D

25. B

26. A

27. E

28. D

29. E

30. C

31. B

32. D

33. D

34. A

35. D

36. B

37. C

38. E

39. B

40. A

41. E

42. A

43. B

44. B

45. A

46. B

47. D

48. B

49. E

50. C

Tie-Breakers:

96. A

97. D

98. C

99. A

100. B

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