Romulus and Remus
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Question:
True or False: The Egyptians
settled the region of Rome. -
Answer:
False -
Question:
What material did the Latins use
to build the first kind of roads? -
Answer:
Gravel -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome - What was the name
of the Trojan Prince who was
ordered by the gods to lead
his people to a promised land? -
Answer:
Aeneas -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
In Italy, who did Aenea's
group join forces with? -
Answer:
The Latins -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
About what year did the Latin
Princess give birth to twin sons? -
Answer:
800 B.C. -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
True or False: A she-wolf found
the twin sons and nursed them. -
Answer:
True -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
True or False: A soldier killed
the she-wolf and took the twins
to the king to be raised. -
Answer:
False -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
Who was the father of the
twin sons? -
Answer:
The god "Mars" -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
What was the oath that the
Latin Princess broke? -
Answer:
Never to have children -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
What were the names of the
twin sons born to the
Latin Princess? -
Answer:
Romulus and Remus -
Question:
Experts have learned that Rome was
settled by groups of people with
weapons made of what metal? -
Answer:
Iron -
Question:
True or False: Most of the
people of Rome were farmers
and lived in wood huts. -
Answer:
True -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
Who did the twins let decided
which one would rule the city? -
Answer:
They let the gods
decide or choose. -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
On what river did the twins
build their city? -
Answer:
Tiber -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
With what did Romulus trace
the city's bounderies ? -
Answer:
With his plow -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
What kind and how many birds
flew over the Palatine where
Romulus stood? -
Answer:
12 Vultures -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
Who became king,
Romulus or Remus? -
Answer:
Romulus -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome -
Where did the name
"Rome" come from ? -
Answer:
Romulus named the city after
his own name. -
Question:
In the legend of the founding
of Rome - True or False:
Each brother climbed to the top
of a different hill to wait for a
sign from the gods to determine
who would rule. -
Answer:
True -
Question:
True or False: The area where the
Latins settled had a harsh climate,
rocky soil, and few trees
for timber. -
Answer:
False