Pick one answer from the menu under each question about archaeology.
1. In the year 198 B.C., the Seleucid Empire invaded Ptolemaic Egypt. Only Roman interference saved the Ptolemies. How (according to tradition) did the Romans protect Egypt?
a. The Roman Ambassador to Egypt drew a line in the sand and told the Seleucids that crossing that line would mean war with Rome.
b. The Romans attacked the Seleucids homeland while their king was fighting in Egypt.
c. The Romans asked the Seleucids go home.
d. The Romans put the Seleucids under siege and starved them into submission.
2. One of the first Roman provinces to convert to Christianity in the First and Second Century A.D. was:
a. Byzantium
b. Rome itself
c. Egypt
d. Britain
3. The Nile River flows to the north, and in Egypt, the prevailing winds blow in what direction? (Hint: The combination of wind and river current allow for easy transportation both up and down the Nile.)
