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1
What age is Neferure believed to have died?
10
11
12
13
2
How many terraces does Deir el-Bahrai
Two
Four
Five
Three
3
The Helots were?
Individuals who lost their citizenship rights
Enslaved populations of Messenia and Lakonia
Half castes
Inferiors
4
What is not true about the Spartan Kings ?
Divine ancestry
Considered to be chief priests
There was no retiring age
They inherited their position
5
True or False: in her coronation scene on one of her Karnak Obelisks shows her in the khepresh
True
False
6
Who is our primary ancient source for trade in Pompeii and Herculaneum?
Pliny the Elder
Dio Cassius
Pliny the Younger
Strabo
7
What is a pyroclastic surge?
dense, hot, dry, avalanche of molten rock
a low density, turbulent, cloud of hot ash and rock
8
sat nesut means
King's Daughter
King's Great Wife
King's Sister
God's wife of Amun
9
True orFalse: Gardiner believes 'no nobler architectural achievement' then Deir el-Bahri exists
True
False
10
Who was Leonidas?
Spartan general at Artemisium and Salamis
Spartan King at the Battle of Thermopylae
Spartan King at the Battle of Plataea
11
Senemut was
Vizier
Treasurer
Chief steward
Overseer of the double silver house
12
When did the Ionian Revolt occur?
499-494BC
498-493BC
498-494BC
499-493BC
13
What was not required to be eligible for/ a member of the Ekklesia?
Had to be a citizen of Sparta
Had to be over the age of thirty
Had to be over the age of twenty
Had to be male
14
What do bodies with their mouths open suggest about the nature of their death?
They were in the middle of a conversation
They suffocated by breathing in dust or ash
They were unaware
They were vomiting
15
Which festival celebrated rebirth and renewal during the annual inundation of the Nile?
The Beautiful Festival of the Valley
Opet Festival
16
How do the streets of Pompeii demonstrate Roman skill in road making?
Raised footpaths on either side of the road
Flat roads
Stepping stones provided pedestrian access
Used polygonal blocks of basalt
17
A hoplite is a?
Lightly armed infantryman
Lightly armed infantrymen and women
Heavily armed infantryman named after the shield he carried
Heavily armed infantrymen and women
18
Oikos means...
Tribe
Brotherhood
Clan
Household
19
Which historian claimed that Hatshepsut 'records no military campaigns or conquests'?
Sir Alan Gardiner
John Wilson
20
The art of divination involves interpreting the will of the gods. In Sparta they....
Interpreted oracles, visions, dreams + behaviour of animals
Sacrifice
Interpreted the behaviour of animals e.g. birds
Interpreted oracles, visions and dreams
21
How many regions did Fiorelli divide Pompeii into?
10
8
9
7
22
Hatshepsut married her
Half- brother Thutmose
Her Uncle Thutmose
Brother Thutmose
Her cousin Thutmose
23
True or False; the streets at Herculaneum had less traffic, more efficient drainage + sewerage
False
True
24
What was the patron-client relationship?
Elite freeborn families acted as patrons to the lower class
The client supported their patrons in political elections
The client did favours for their patrons
The clients were the patrons former slaves
25
True or False: in the Temple of Artemis Orthia young boys would steal cheeses as a ritual
True
False
26
Romans had different names for the different types of streets. What are they?
via, decumani, cardines,
decumani and cardines
via and cardines
via and decumani
27
Where were the city gates located?
Points of entrance/ exit to the city
Around important areas e.g. Forum
End of each street
End of the main thoroughfares e.g. Marine and Herculaneum
28
True or False: She is not depicted as a Sphinx at Deir el Bahri
True
False
29
Who was not involved in the Battle of Marathon?
Hippias, Phedippides, Militades
Datis, Artaohernes
Leonidas
Callimachus
30
What was not a responsibility/ power of the Gerousia?
Elected the Kings
Deliberated on public policy
Prepared business and agenda for the assembly
Judicial functions: tried cases that involved the kings
31
The main function of Spartan women was?
Be wives and mothers of citizens
Run the oikos
Maintain physical strength and fitness
Educate girls
32
What are the four main areas of Pompeii?
the Forum, the insulae, Region VI and the town walls
the Forum, the insulae, Region VI and the eastern area
the Forum, the insulae, town walls and city gates
the Forum, the insulae, Region V and the eastern area
33
True of False: Persians invaded in 490 avenge the role of the Greeks in the Ionian revolt
True
False
34
Which festival involved a procession with model rafts and a race?
Gymnopaedia
Karneia
Hyakinthia
35
Who was Themistocles?
Athenian who was recalled from exile in 481BC
Spartan general
Athenian leader at Marathon + inspiration at Salamis
Spartan King at Battle of Plataea
36
What was not a natural resource of Sparta?
Wood
Food and Animal: crops, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens etc.
Stone: porphyry and marble
Minerals and Ores: iron, copper, tin, lead and clay
37
Spartan boys entered the Agoge at the age of?
Six
Eight
Seven
Twelve
38
Liberti is...
A man who is freed from slavery
A man or woman freed from slavery
A woman who is freed from slavery
A man or woman who frees someone from slavery
39
What might have made Hatshepsut's actions acceptable to her courtiers?
As Thutmose II suffered was sickly she may have helped rule
Egyptian women were considered equal to men
They had previously been her Father's supporters
Gained the support of the Amun priesthood
40
Amenhotep was?
Chief steward of the royal estates
Overseer of the granary of Amun
Vizier, first prophet of Amun, overseer of the temples
Second prophet of Amun, foreman of the foremen
41
True or false: titulary refers to the names and titles of a pharoah
True
False
42
True or False: the Battles of Thermopylae and Artemisium are usually regarded as a joint action
True
False
43
How were the earlier areas influenced by Greek principles of urban planning?
Curved streets
Wide streets
Precise grid pattern
Regular layout of streets and roads dividing the town
44
True or False: The Bay of Marathon provides shelter and protection for the Persian ships
False
True
45
True or False: Hatshepsut was the fourth pharaoh of the Thutmosid Dynasty
False
True
46
Where was Pompeii built?
Sarno River
Volcanic Plateau between the Sarno River and Mt. Vesuvius
Volcanic Plateau
Mt. Vesuvius
47
Who described the Helots as ' assess exhausted under great loads'?
Tyrtaeus
Plutarch
Herodotus
Xenophon
48
Why was Pompeii geographically strategic?
Surrounded by fertile fields
Lay on the route linking north and south
Connected the seaside area with the agricultural inland
Access to fresh water supplies
49
True or False: Deir el bahri means the same as Djeser-djeseru or Holy of Holies
True
False
50
Who was Militades?
A general in command of Greek forces at the Battle Marathon
King of Persia who led the invasion of 480-479BC
Greek traitor who led the Persians around the Anopean path
Athenian polemarch
51
True or False: Name of streets are not known. Use modern Italian names.
False
True
52
What is a concubine?
A second wife
A woman who has lost her husband
A woman who lives with a man without being married to him
A lesser wife
53
Spartan education system was called the?
Syssitia
Agoge
Mess
Karneia
54
Slaves made up approximately... of the population
30%
40%
50%
45%
55
Who was Pliny the Younger?
Someone who fled from the eruption
Eyewitness of the eruption
Someone who died in the eruption
The nephew of Pliny the Elder
56
Romans legislated streets had to be a minimun width of?
7 metres
4 metres
5 metres
6 metres
57
True or False: A Spartan man could approach another + ask to 'borrow' his wife for reproduction
True
False
58
What does the term 'marriage by capture' mean?
A man selected and captured the heart of his bride
Spartan males tricked women into marrying them
A man selected his bride and carried her off
A man selected and trapped his bride
59
What was not a funerary innovation of Hatshepsut?
The Book of Coming Forth by Day
Book of the Dead
King as Priest of the Sun
Amduat (book of what is in the underworld)
60
Lycurgus was acknowledged as ..... Sparta.
The first King of
The hero of
The lawgiver in
The founder of
61
Who is Alcman?
Poet
Ancient historian
Play write
Modern historian
62
True or False: hemet weret nesut means King's Great Wife
False
True
63
What is the correct historical term for council of elders?
Ephors
Gerousia
Perioikoi
Ekklesia
64
What does damnatio memoriae mean
Encouraging a deceased person to be remembered
Erasing the memory of a deceased person
Contributing to the memory of a deceased person
The act of destroying the memory of a deceased person
65
What does dyarchy mean?
System of government in which two people rule sharing power
Temporary power: ruler sickly, too old or young
66
What are insulae?
Insulation. Walls to control weather conditions (warm/ cool)
Have tavernas, shops and businesses on ground floor
multistoreyed apartments or tenement blocks
67
The main source for the Great Rhetra is...
Plutarch
Herodotus
Pausanias
Xenophon
68
What did not cause the death of the people of Herculaneum?
People became skeletons immediately
Bodies vaporised and soft tissue disappeared
High temperatures caused brains to boil + skulls to explode
Severe winds caused the collapse of buildings
