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1.  Why did the Greeks set up colonies throughout the Mediterranean?
2.  What two colonies did the Greeks establish in the province of Girona?
3.  Which island civilization was based at Knossos on modern-day Crete?
4.  What famous myth is from Knossos?
5.  What ‘sport’ did they do at Knossos?
6.  Who was the legendary king from Knossos?
7.  The Minoans were from which island?
8.  What does ‘polis’ mean?
9.  Who was Agamemnon?
10.  Who wrote about the Trojan war?
11.  What was the name of the book where he wrote about the Trojan War?
12.  Was the Trojan War real or just a myth? How do you know?
13.  Where is the city of Troy?
14.  Who attacked Troy?
15.  Who was Paris and who was Helen?
16.  Which country today is Asia Minor?
17.  Which King was from Mycenae?
18.  The Minoans occupied which city on Crete?
19.  What was the name of the warrior clan from the Peloponnese peninsula?
20.  Name the three famous philosophers of Ancient Greece?
21.  Name the two famous books written by Homer?
22.  Who was the Persian emperor who invaded Greece?
23.  What was the name of the battle won by the Greeks in the first Greco-Persian war?
24.  What happened during that war that made it famous today?
25.  What happened in Athens after the first Greco-Persian war?
26.  Who was Themistocles?
27.  What decision did Themistocles take that helped Athens during the second Greco-Persian war?
28.  What was the name of the Persian emperor who started the second Greco-Persian war?
29.  Who died at the battle of Thermopylae?
30.  Why was a shepherd important during the second Greco-Persian war?
31.  What was the name of the famous sea battle of the second Greco-Persian war?
32.  What did Themistocles do during the second Greco-Persian war?
33.  Why is the Greco-Persian War still relevant today in European history

ANCIENT ROME

1.  What do you know about Romulus & Remus?
2.  Who did they name Rome after?
3.  What was the language spoken by the Romans?
4.  What four groups of people lived in the Italian peninsula when Rome was founded?
5.  What are the three stages of Roman history?
6.  Who changed Rome from a Republic to an Empire?
7.  How did he die?
8.  What did the Romans call the Mediterranean Sea?
9.  What did SPQR, which appeared on the Roman military standard, stand for?
10.  What were the Punic Wars?
11.  What does the word ‘Punic’ mean?
12.  Where was Carthage?
13.  What was the name of the famous Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with elephants?
14.  How did the Romans call Spain?
15.  True or false: Spain was Rome’s richest province in its empire
16.  Who was the first dictator of Rome?
17.  Who was the first Emperor of Rome?
18.  What was the Pax Romana?
19.  Were the Romans monotheistic or polytheistic?
20.  Name three Roman gods
21.  Name three things the Romans invented that are still in use today
22.  Name two Roman monuments that still exist in Spain today
23.  Name a famous Roman monument that still stands in Rome
24.  In what year did the Roman Empire fall?
25.  Name a famous Roman city in Spain
26.  Name the two Roman emperors that came from the city of Itálica, in southern Spain
27.  Why is Julius Caesar remembered in history?
28.  Which Roman Emperor chose Christianity as the official religion of the  Roman Empire?
29.  Was the Roman Empire positive for Europe?