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National Latin Exam
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Geography
- Adriatic- Sea east of Italy
- Aetna- Live volcano on the island of Sicily (Sicilia)
- Alps- Mountain range dividing France (Gallia-Transalpina) from Northern Italy (Gallia Cisalpina)
- Apennines- Mountain range forming the spine of the Italian peninsula (Italia)
- Athens- Cultural capital of ancient Greece (Graecia); location of the Acropolis &
Athena's Parthenon
- Brundisium- Town which marked the southern end of the Appian Way on the heel of Italy
- Capua- Town south of Rome famous for Its amphitheater and gladiator training school
- Corsica- Northern-most large island In theTyrrhenian Sea west of Italy
- Crete- Island (Creta) located south of Greece; its capital, Knossos, was home to the Minotaur
- Delos- Aegean Island on which Apollo and Diana were born near Mt. Cynthus
- Delphi- sanctuary sacred to Apollo in northern Greece; home of the Delphic Oracle
- Herculaneum- Town located west Of Mt. Vesuvius; buried by Mountain volcanic mud in A.D. 79
- Mare Nostrum- Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea
- Mycenae- Home town of Agamemnon in southern Greece (the Peloponnesus)
- Olympia- Sanctuary sacred to Zeus in southern Greece; site of the early Greek Olympic games
- Olympus- - Mountain in northern Greece (Graecia) said to be the home of the gods
- Ostia- Town which became the main poet of Rome at the mouth of the Tiber River
- Pompeii- Town located south of Mt. Vesuvius; buried by volcanic ash in AD. 79
- Pyrenees- Mountain range dividing France (Gallia Transalpina) from Spain (Hispania)
- Rubicon- Small stream which originally divided Gallia Cisalpina from Italy
- Sardinia- Southern-most large island in the Tyrrhenian Sea west of Italy
- Sicily- Island (Sicilia) off the toe of Italy; Rome's first province
- Sparta- Home town of Menelaus and his kidnapped wife Helen in southern Greece (Peloponnesus)
- Stabiae- Wealthy resort area on the southern shore of the Bay of Naples; destroyed In A.D. 79
- Tiber- River on which Rome is located on the west coast of Italy
- Troy- Ancient town located south-west of Istanbul in Turkey (Asia Minor)
- Tyrrhenian- Sea west of Italy
- Underworld- Ruled by Roman Pluto/Greek Hades: Tartarus = Hell;
Elysian Fields = Heaven
- Vesuvius- Live volcano which buried Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae near the Bay of Naples
- Via Appia-"Queen of the Roman Roads" which led southeast from Rome to
Capua and Brundisium
Courtesy of "Study Sheets for Latin Cultural Drill Tapes," by Dr. B.F. Barcio, L.H.D.
Pompeiiana, Inc. Indianapolis, IN