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Ancient Rome
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where is Rome located? | On the Italian peninsula in southeast Europe. |
| What is Rome's climate in the summer? | Hot & Dry |
| What is Rome's climate in the winter? | Mild to Cold, wet |
| What are Rome's river(s)? | Tiber & Po |
| What were the rivers used for? | Irrigation |
| What was used to navigate? | Waterways |
| What was very fertile throughout the peninsula and could support an expanding population? | River Valleys & Plains |
| What mountain was north of the peninsula & stretched East to West? | The Alps |
| What mountain ran north to south of the peninsula? | The Apennine Mountains |
| Why was it easy to unify? | It didn't isolate the different groups of people. |
| Were the Apennine mountains easily crossed? | Yes |
| Were the Apennine a barrier to unification? | No |
| How many hills was Rome built on? | 7 hills along the Tiber river. |
| What did the 7 hills do? | They protected from sea invasion. |
| What did the Tiber river do? | It connected Rome to the Mediterranean Sea. |
| What did Rome become? | An important trade center. |
| What does the story of Romulus & Remus tell of? | The founding of Rome. |
| When was Rome founded? | 753 B.C. |
| Who were Romulus & Remus' parents? | Mars & a daughter of a king. |
| What happened when Romulus and Remus were babies? | They were threw into the Tiber river by their evil uncle. |
| Why did the uncle do that? | To prevent them from becoming king. |
| Who were Romulus & Remus saved by? | A she-wolf rescued them. |
| Who raised Romulus & Remus? | A shepherd and his wife. |
| What happened when they were older? | They were planning to build a city along the Tiber river but couldn't decide a site. |
| What did Remus do to anger Romulus? | He jumped over a wall that he was building. |
| What did Romulus do to Remus after making him enraged? | Romulus killed Remus and finished building the city. |
| What did Romulus name the city? | Rome |
| What more likely happened? | In the 700's, Latins settled in small villages on the 7 hills. They united to form the city of Rome. |
| Who else lived in the peninsula? | The Etruscan in northern Italy & Greek colonists in southern Italy. |
| What happened in 620 B.C.? | Rome came under the control of Etruscan kings and grew larger and more prosperous. |
| What did Romans learn to build with? | Brick |
| What did they use? | Arches |
| What did they learn how to do? | Drain marshy lands |
| What was the Forum? | The seat of the Roman government. |
| What happened in 509 B.C.? | Romans overthrew the Etruscans and established the Roman Republic. |
| How long did the republic last? |
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