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Rome - Geography
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Quick factual review of the Geography of Rome
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1
Why did Rome become a center of trade?
Centrally location
They had what others wanted
Greece left a vacuum for them
2
What product lead Rome to expand its empire East?
Silk
Spices
Gold
Cotton
3
What did the buying of gladiators sweat show us about Rome?
people did not have extra money
people are weird
Even average people could afford luxuries
gladiators are like our "rock stars"
4
Why was Rome built on Hills?
advantage for defenders
advantage for attackers
no advantage for either side.
Wanted to see more
5
What two physical features helped protect Rome the most?
Rivers and Mountians
Sea and Mountains
Rivers and Sea
Mountains only
6
Rome had a very strong army. However, why was the navy so weak?
lack of ports
lack of trained sailors
lack of roads
lack resources to build boats
7
What made the land around Rome so rich for growing crops?
They invented the rotation of crops
volcanic ash left behind
Flood left silt behind
naturally occured
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Rome was founded on how many hills?
5
7
3
9
9
I killed my brother and found the city of Rome!
Jimmy
Romulus
Remus
Remus and Romulus
10
Why was Rome only built on one side of the Tiber River?
just because they did
the hills provided safety from flood waters
they needed trees to build
the river flooded on one side
11
About how many kilometers of road did the Romans build? NOT MILES!
20,000
60,000
40,000
80,000
12
What is silver in the ancient world?
Wealth
Riches
All of these
Power
13
I am the river that Rome was built around?
Tiber
Nile
Capitoline
Mississippi
14
Tiber river was navigable, so this allowed Rome to be inland from the sea. How did help Rome?
Flooded it's banks yearly
Allowed them to trade
Keep them isloated
Keep them safe from Invasion
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These are the two mountain ranges that protected Rome and allowed it to grow larger?
Apennines and Alps
Apennines and Himalayaas
Alps and Himalayaas
Alps and Rockes
