*Reveal #9* The Early Explorers and Colonists, page 13

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#1 Countries in the Iberian peninsula

Answer:

  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Gibraltar (British overseas territory)
  • France (small part)
  • Andorra
Gibraltar, a hop skip and a jump from Algeciras

 

#2 Definition of peninsula

Answer: a piece of land surrounded by water on a majority of its borders

 

#3 True or False: the Iron Age preceded the Bronze Age

Answer: False, Bronze Age → Iron Age

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#4 In what modern day country is Carthage?

Answer: Tunisia

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Tunisia. Political map: boundaries, cities. Includes locator.

 

#5 Luther was incensed that the popes, who were “wealthier than Crassus”, set out to build the most opulent edifice in the history of the world, __________, with the “money of the poor rather than their own.”

Answer: St. Peter’s Basilica

Vatican Altar 2

 

#6 Crassus: Roman General 115-53 BC and politician. Amassed an enormous fortune during his life. Crassus is, excepting Augustus Caesar, considered the wealthiest man in __________ history

Answer: Roman History

 

#7 Relationship of Augustus Caesar to Julius Caesar

Answer: Augustus was Julius Caesar’s great nephew

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#8 She played the title character in the movie Cleopatra, 1963

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor

 

#9 Portrayer of Mark Antony in Cleopatra, 1963

Answer: Richard Burton

 

#10 Portrayer of Julius Caesar in Cleopatra, 1963

Answer: Rex Harrison

6 hour movie  → 4 minute trailer

 

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