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The Ancient Egyptians invented toothpaste.fun factsancient civilizationsinventionshygiene
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What archaeological mystery involves the sunken city of Atlantis first mentioned by Plato?Whether it ever truly existed✓ correct
Where its treasure is located
How it was discovered
Who ruled it
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How do you write 69 in Roman numerals?LXIX✓ correct
CXIX
LIXX
CIXX
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What Name Was Given To The Practise Of Killing Every Tenth Man In A Mutinous Roman Cohort?Decimate✓ correct
Havoc
Mutilate
Annihilate
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Which of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World was a giant depiction of the Greek sun god Helios?The Colossus of Rhodes✓ correct
The Temple of Artemis
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Statue of Zeus
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What resin was used by Ancient Romans as jewelry?Amber✓ correct
Acacia
Carob
Bees Wax
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What was the name of the official daily notices in Ancient Rome, carved in stone and presented on message boards across the city?Acat Diurna✓ correct
Per Diem
Veni, Vidi, Vici
Memento Mori
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Which Roman Emperor moved the capital from Rome to the city now known as Istanbul? Constantine✓ correct
Byzantine
Marcus Aurelius
Trajan
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What are the earliest pictorial symbols used by the Egyptians to represent writing called?Hieroglyphics✓ correct
Cuneiform
Alphabet
Runes
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When was the Greek alphabet first used?800BC✓ correct
2000BC
50BC
200AD
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Introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar, how many months was the Julian calendar divided into?romanshistoryancient civilizationsancientjulius caesar
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What type of food was the most important staple of the Aztec diet?Maize✓ correct
Rice
Wheat
Barley
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What was the name of the son of Cleopatra & Julius Caesar?Caesarion✓ correct
Octavian
Augustus
Commodus
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Which Roman Emperor made his horse a senator?Caligula✓ correct
Nero
Commodus
Augustus
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Which Roman killed himself after his defeat at Actium?Marc Antony✓ correct
Lepidus
Marcus Crassus
Pompey
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What did the Romans call Wales?Cambria✓ correct
Dunedin
Gaull
Merovingia
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Who ruled Rome when Christ was born?Augustus✓ correct
Nero
Herod
Pilate
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Which Greek city-state, led by Lysander, defeated Athens in 404 B.C. and established the government of the 30 tyrants over it?Sparta✓ correct
Corinth
Mystras
Thebes
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What was the name of the Aztec god of the wind?Ehecatl✓ correct
Tlaloc
Huitzilopochtli
Quetzalcoatl
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What is the name of the Aztec calendar?The Tonalpohualli✓ correct
The Tenochtitlan
The Olmec
The Mixtec
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What is the name of the Aztec god of death?Mictlantecuhtli✓ correct
Tlaloc
Quetzalcoatl
Huitzilopochtli
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What did the Romans call Scotland?Caledonia✓ correct
Newfoundland
Vanuatu
Huron
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Who Was The First Christian Emperor Of Rome?Constantine✓ correct
Justinian
Claudius
Julius
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What is the name of the Aztec writing system?Nahuatl✓ correct
Maya glyphs
Olmec
Isthmian
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Who was the father of Alexander the Great?Philip of Macedon✓ correct
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Old
Marc Anthony
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What was the primary language of the Aztecs?Nahuatl✓ correct
Mayan
Mixtec
Otomi
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What was the name of the Aztec creation goddess?Coatlicue✓ correct
Tlaloc
Tezcatlipoca
Quetzalcoatl
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Where In Egypt Is The Tomb Of Tutankhamen?Luxor✓ correct
Alexandria
Cairo
Port Said
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What is the name of the Aztec rain god?Tlaloc✓ correct
Huitzilopochtli
Quetzalcoatl
Ehecatl
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What was the term used for the Aztec ruler?The Tlatoani✓ correct
The Coatlicu
The Mesoat
The Chief
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Who started the second Punic war?Carthage✓ correct
Rome
Phoenicia
Egypt
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Which wall did the Romans build to keep out marauding Scots?Hadrian's Wall✓ correct
Caesar's Wall
Julius' Wall
Octavian's Wall
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Roughly How Many Men Were There In A Roman Legion?5000✓ correct
1000
10000
20000
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What was another name for the Aztec Empire?The Triple Alliance✓ correct
The Tenochca Empire
The Empire of the Sun
The Toltec Empire
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Society & Culture·easy
Which Ancient Greek creature had snakes for hair?Medusa✓ correct
Minotaur
Harpy
Siren
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How does that Latin phrase 'Et tu Brute?' translate into English?And you Brutus?✓ correct
Are you a brute?
Why be brutal?
Live laugh love
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Which Roman God was the equivalent of the Greek God Dionysus?Bacchus✓ correct
Janus
Jupiter
Mars
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Which Roman figure's name is used to refer to the calendar system we use?Julius Caesar✓ correct
Augustus
Nero
Caligula
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In Greek mythology, who drove the sun across the sky in his chariot?Helios✓ correct
Apollo
Hermes
Perseus
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Where was the Aztec Empire located?Central America✓ correct
South America
South Africa
Southeast Asia
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