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Prince Aeneas led his people west after the fall of his city of _________?

Troy

Who did the Trojans join forces with in Italy?

Latins

How was it determined which brother would become King?

Signs from Gods

Where were the twins, Romulus and Remus, left to die when they were taken away from their mother?

Tiber River

The city of Rome is named after who?

Romulus

The Etruscan alphabet was believed to be borrowed from who?

The Greeks

The Etruscans were known as the “people of the _____”

Sea

How many classes were in the Etruscan society?

Three

Who lived in the center of the Universe according to the Etruscans?

Humans

What did the slaves do when a noble died?

Fought to the death to see which spirit would go with the noble’s

How many vultures flew over the Palatine hill that claimed kinghood for one of the brothers?

12

What was the only weapon the Etruscans had that no one else had?

Their shoes that laced up around the ankle

What did the Romans build to import goods from the coast?

(gravel) roads

Write one metal the Etruscans mined?

Copper; lead; iron; tin

Write one animal the Etruscans raised?

pigs; goats; sheep; ducks; chickens; and cattle

The type of religion the Etruscans had (the one with many gods)?

polytheistic

The Etruscans were feared as ___________ but envied as ____________? Fill in the Blanks

Pirates; Traders

What was the name of one of the seven hills that was the center of Rome’s city government?

Capitoline

How many times a year was the stone on the mundus lifted by the priest?

Three

Why was the stone on the mundus lifted by the priest a few times a year?

To release souls of the dead back to earth

What is the word for the public square that housed the palace, government buildings and law courts

Forum

What is the name given to the fights of enslaved people, animals, or warriors that were held at Etruscan funerals and then adopted by the Romans?

Gladiator Games

What is a parade-like welcome given to a Roman hero returning from battle?

Triumph

Who read omens telling of the future and where the city’s boundaries should be?

Soothsayers

What is the name of the place where two streets met, marked by a stone, and led to the underworld?

Mundus