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What is the meaning of geo?
Earth, as in geography or geology.
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What is the reason Romans puked at the dinner table?
So they could eat more food.
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What is Tiber River?
The body of fresh water that runs through Rome.
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What are the stories of gods and goddesses?
Or religious beliefs, mythology,...
Greeks brought these ideas to the Italian Peninsula when they colonized the area.
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Who were Romulus and Remus?
The twins brothers who founded Rome.
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What is the Roman numeral for 17?
XVII
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What is the tool they used to wipe their bottoms?
A sponge on a stick.
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What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The large body of water that surrounds the Italian Peninsula and borders Egypt, Spain, and Morocco, among other places.
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What is polytheism?
The belief of many gods.
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Who was Mars?
The twins' father, in most versions of the story.
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What is status quo?
A phrase that means things as they currently are.
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What is the reason two slaves fight to the death at a funeral?
To keep the person company in the afterlife.
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What are the advantages to living near a river.
To irrigate fields for farming, fishing, transportation, and drinking water.
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What is monotheism?
The belief in only one god.
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Who was Saturn?
The Greeks knew him as Zeus.
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What is the percentage of English that comes from Latin?
60%
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What is how you go pee at the dinner table.
A pot under the table.
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What are advantages to building a city surrounded by hills?
For protection and to have different species of plants and trees available.
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What is Christianity?
In 313 it was legalized, along with other religions, by Emperor Constantine.
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Who is Venus?
She was born of sea foam and is the goddess of love.
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What are the Romance Languages?
Spanish, Romanian, French, Italian, and Portuguese.
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What is burping?
How you show your host that you enjoy the food.
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What is the climate of ancient Rome?
Mild winters and hot summers.
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Who was Nero?
He was ruthless ruler who persecuted and tortured Christians. He was responsible for the "Roman candle".
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What are the values communicated by the story of Romulus and Remus?
Pride, revenge, power, physical strength.
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