Cumulative History Quiz #4

[Az]

Ok Andu it won't be about Geece...

...but about France
Question 5:

which French colonies were conquered without fighting one single battle and by who?

 

[joespaniel]

Was it colonies in the New World (here)?

By Verrazano?

 

[spycatcher34]

Louisiana. Spain.:|

 

[Az]

you are on the wrong track (maybe it's my fault)....

When I say "by who" I mean by which person.

But he still did it in the name of France andthe lands he conquered became colonies of FRANCE....

 

[joespaniel]

I'm guessing Cambodia which asked to be a French 'protectorate' by its king Norodom.

 

[Az]

the answer was french congo which was conquered by Brazza. That's why they've kept the name Brazzaville for their capital

Question 6

Which planet has places with Greek names and why?

 

[willemvanoranje]

A planet has Greek names? Eeeer.... Maybe it's Venus, because it was discoevered by them.

Forget that! The answer is Earth! Because Greek people live there and founded cities there.

 

[Apollo]

Of Course! It's so obvious! Earth has lots of Greek names because that's where Greeks come from!

If you mean other planets besides Earth then I don't know.

 

[Az]

LOL

but no...

 

[Az]

LOL

but no...

It a planet in our s.system and it's NOT earth!!!

 

[TheViking]

Mars has the 25 km high mountain Olympus Mons but I think there is a mountain with a similar name somewhere on planet Earth as well but only about 1/10 the height of the Martian one

And there is a Hellas on Mars as well (Hellas Planitia to be more specific)

 

[Az]

That's correct!

But I asked why too!

 

[Andu Indorin]

Many of the names on Mars goes back to the work of G.V. Schiaparelli's map of Mars, published c. 1880. However, as an Italian astronomer with the experiences of the Risorgimento still fresh in the memory, it strikes me as odd that he chose Greek names rather than Latin names. But then again, Romanticism was still an influence in European culture; and, in general, Romanticists preferred ancient Greek culture to ancient Roman culture.

 

[G-Man]

Originally posted by Juize
FYI, Az, you posted 2 posts with almost exactly the same content...
Deleted other at once!
You spammer (I'm not? )

Juize, you posted 401 posts with almost exactly the same content...
Delete them at once!
You spammer (I'm not)

 

[joespaniel]

Ahem <cough>

 

[Juize]

No, I actually have 366 posts at same continent...
Remember that WTC thing? LOL americans got offended
REALLY EASY. (40 posts for that) Others are quite a spam.
But seriosly Az has these 2 posts:

LOL!

but no....

and:

lol!

but no....

Its a planet in our s.system and its NOT earth!

He could delete the first, no?

 

[spycatcher34]

Could someone just answer so we can get on.

 

[joespaniel]

Because Mars (Aries) is a Greek God?

 

[Az]

Juize just stop talking about that!

I just made a mistake damn it! Isn't that obvious?

Are you so ****ing stupid that you can't understand that by yourself!

I would't think that anyone would need any clarifications about this double post of mine. It seems though that you have a lot of free time! Well I suggest you use it to increase the quality of your posts!

Now would you stop ruining my topic!



About the answer I'll give you till tonight to find it...

 

[MCdread]

There are other planets with greek names. In fact most of the moons have greek names, while the main planets have roman names. i don't have time to find a good answer, but I guess it was because of the renaissence and the influence of classic culture in the astronomers of the 16th and 17th centuries.