FJCL REGIONAL LATIN FORUM 2017 GEOGRAPHY. 1. Which of the following cities could be found in ancient Libya? a. Oea b. Corcyra c. Arausio d.

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1 FJCL REGIONAL LATIN FORUM 2017 GEOGRAPHY Questions 1-5 are related to cities in the ancient world 1. Which of the following cities could be found in ancient Libya? a. Oea b. Corcyra c. Arausio d. Tomi 2. The city of Lugdunum is located in modern. a. Romania b. France c. Italy d. Greece 3. Which of the following cities is closest to Rome? a. Ostia b. Camulodunum c. Carthago Nova d. Padus 4. In what Roman Province was Aquae Sextiae? a. Macedonia b. Illyricum c. Pontus d. Gaul 5. In what ancient Turkish city would one find the Temple of Diana, or the Artemision? a. Massalia b. Philidelphia c. Ephesus d. Thapsus Questions 6-10 are related to modern equivalents of ancient cities & geographical features 6. The Roman name for modern-day Budapest, Hungary was: a. Caledonia b. Aquincum c. Carrhae d. Gades 7. Which of the following cities could one find in Roman Hispania? a. Mediolanum b. Nicea c. Carthago Nova d. Serdica 8. What did the Greeks and Romans call the Black Sea? a. Mare Superum b.mare Nostrum c. Oceanus d. Euxinus 9. In what part of the Mediterranean World could one find Salamis? a. Greece b. Rhodes c. Turkey d. Hispania 10. The ancient Roman name for the river Rhone was: a. Rhenus b. Rhodanus c. Sequana d. Trasimine Questions are related to mastery of orienteering in the Roman World 11. Which direction would one travel from Rome to reach Camulodunum? a. South b. Southeast c. West d. Northwest 12. Which of these cities is closest to Mt. Aetna? a. Syracuse b. Pompeii c. Alexandria d. Leptis Magna

2 2017 Regionals Geography Which of the following sequences is correct in the city of Rome from East to West? a. Imperial Rostra, Aventine Hill, Circus Maximus, Baths of Caracalla b. Pyramid of Cestius, Forum Romanum, Ara Pacis, Circus of Nero c. Curia, Tiber Island, Janiculum Hill, Baths of Decius d. Pantheon, Aventine Hill, Forum Romanum, Castra Praetoria 14. If I were in Sparta, which direction would I have to go to reach Athens? a. Southeast b. Southwest c) East d. Northeast 15. What island is closest to Ephesus? a. Rhodes b. Samos c. Chios d. Naxos Questions are related to Roman Provinces 16. What was the northernmost Roman province? a. Britannia b. Dacia c. Colchis d. Gallia Comata 17. In which Roman Province would you find Mount Ida, which lies nearly 20 miles southeast of the ruins of Troy? a. Phoenicia b. Gallia Transalpina c. Asia d. Syria 18. Which of the following provinces lies directly north of Cyprus? a. Cilicia b. Syria c. Judea d. Asia 19. What was the easternmost Roman province out of the following? a. Numidia b. Armenia c. HIspania d. Africa 20. With what island was Cyrene joined with to become a single province in the early Empire? a. Ithaca b. Lesbos c. Naxos d. Crete Questions refer to the cities and provinces on Map A 21. What city, home to the sworn enemy of Rome, Hannibal Barca, can be found at point 4 on Map A? a. Lusitania b. Pontus c. Carthage d. Carthago Nova 22. This area, marked 11, was the furthest westward province of the Roman Empire. a. Lusitania b. Hibernia c. Numidia d. Britannia 23. This city, marked 6, is close to Mount Vesuvius and is one of the oldest continuously occupied settlements in the world. a. Lacedaemonia b. Neapolis c. Byzantium d. Tyre 24. Lutetia, now a modern capital, can be found at which location on the map? a. 7 b. 12 c. 6 d. 15

3 2017 Regionals Geography This city, marked 9, would become the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. a. Halicarnassus b. Constantinople c. Eburacum d. Nicaea 26. Corcyra, a UNESCO world heritage site and one time buffer area of the Ottoman Empire, can be found at which location? a. 9 b. 10 c. 15 d The Roman province of Raetia, roughly corresponding to modern day Switzerland, can be found at which location? a. 7 b. 14 c. 8 d What location on Map A depicts New Carthage? a. 4 b. 11 c. 6 d Tyre, a city well renowned as the manufacturing locale of expensive purple dyes made from murex shells, can be found at which location? a. 2 b. 8 c. 9 d The Roman province of Mauretania was located WEST of the area indicated by what letter? a. 12 b. 4 c. 2 d. 9 Questions refer to the distinct parts of Italy found in Map B 31. Which island is denoted by the letter A? a. Corsica b. Sardinia c. Cyprus d. Ostia 32. What enemy of Rome inhabited the area marked as K during the conquest of Italy? a. Samnites b. Umbrians c. Etruscans d. Mesapians 33. Messana, an Ionic settlement in Magna Graecia, can be found at which number? a. 18 b. 20 c. 19 d Where would you go to encounter the Baths of Caracalla? a. 8 b. 9 c. 2 d Tarentum can be found at which location? a. 4 b. 9 c. 15 d What region of Italy can be found at location Q? a. Capri b. Sicily c. Corsica d. Sardinia 37. The Battle of Lake Trasimine, which pitted the Carthaginian General Hannibal Barca against the Roman Consul Gaius Flaminius, can be found near which geographic marker? a. 4 b. 2 c. 1 d. 3

4 2017 Regionals Geography Where can one find the Italian region of Calabria? a. I b. D c. H d. P 39. The city of Drepanum can be found at which location marker? a. 7 b. 3 c. 20 d Where did the Ligurians live? a. C a. E c. J d. A Questions refer to the map of Britannia found as Map C 41. Mount Graupius can be found at which location? a. 6 b. 8 c. 4 d What can be found at location 3? a. Deva b. Eboracum c. Hibernia d. Cantiacus 43. Deva can be found at which location? a. 9 b. 5 c. 3 d Vindolanda is found here. a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d Londinium, which eventually would become modern London, can be found where? a. 2 b. 5 c. 8 d. 10 Questions refer to the map of Britannia found as Map D 46. What is the name of the peninsula labeled B? a. Attica b. Boeotia c. Peloponnesus d. Arcadia 47. Where is the city-state of Athens located? a. D b. F c. G d. J 48. Where is Troy located? a. J b. F c. G d. D 49. Which number or letter shows the region of Macedonia? a. 3 b. H c. B d. A 50. Where is the city-state of Sparta located? a. J b. D c. F d. G

5 MAP A: Cities and Provinces in the Roman Empire 2017 Regionals Geography 5

6 MAP B: Italy 2017 Regionals Geography 6

7 MAP C: Roman Britain 2017 Regionals Geography 7

8 MAP D: Greece 2017 Regionals Geography 8