Stage 17 Culture Review Flashcards

1

surplus food product exported through port of Alexandria

papyrus
oranges
pepper
wheat

2

Put forth the geo-centric theory of the solar system

Marcus Antonius
Cleopatra
Pompey
Ptolemy

3

Island off the coast of Alexandria

Sicily
Malta
Pharos
Cyprus

4

area in Alexandria where the wealthy lived

Royal Quarter
Royal Dime
Georgetown
Royal Nickel

5

Person who began the construction of the Caesareum

Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Julius Caesar
Augustus

6

Temple near the Great Harbor of Alexandria

Caesareum
Isis
Serapeum
Abu Sir

7

What is purple and conquered Egypt?

the Mauve Marauder
Alexander the Grape
the VIolet Vandal
the Purple Pillager

8

Year Alexandria, Egypt, was founded

30 BC
753 BC
331 BC
509 BC

9

main river of Egypt

Congo
Nile
James
Potomoc

10

University of ancient Alexandria

Alexandria School of Medicine
University of Virginia - Alexandria
Museum
University of Egypt at Alexandria

11

Non-food product exported through port of Alexandria

wheat
pepper
papyrus
oranges

12

Person who finished the construction of the Caesareum

Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Augustus

13

Last of the Egyptian rulers of Alexandria

Cleopatra
Ptolemy
Pompey
Marcus Antonius

14

Author of a geometry textbook

Aristarchus
L. Doyle
Descartes
Euclid

15

where would a person be if he were swimming in ancient Egypt

in the Euphrates
in denial
in the Nile
in the Tigris

Stage 17 Culture Review

Questions 15

Stage 17 Culture Review

Questions 15