Chapter 9, Lesson 1, day 2

Chapter 9, Lesson 1, day 2

Roman Origins

Rome's origins

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• take notes

• I will be checking your notes

Multiple Choice

Between 800 b.c.e. and 700 b.c.e., a group of people called __________settled in Rome’s hills in central Italy

• Latins

• Etruscans

• Romans

• Greeks

Multiple Choice

Rome’s location on the ________made it easy to move goods through Italy and to and from the Mediterranean Sea and .protected the city from pirate raids

• Tiber River

• Nile River

• Euphrates

• Tigris River

Multiple Choice

Aeneid by ______was a poem about how Trojans settled Italy and waged war until Aeneas married a local princess and their descendant was Romulus who founded Rome in 753 BCE

• Virgil

• Homer

• Plato

• Aristotle

Multiple Choice

Twin brothers Romulus and Remus, left by the side if the _________ were discovered by female wolf and raised by a shepherd and his wife.

• Tiber River

• Nile River

• Roman Highway

• sea shore

Multiple Choice

This tale involves twin brothers. What would another way to say "involve" be?

• has to do with

• is not about

• reminds me of

• is told by

Multiple Choice

This settlement which occurred between 800 BCE and 700 BCE marks the birth of Rome. What is another way to say occured?

• happened

• came before

• came after

• didn't happen

Multiple Choice

Why did Romulus kill Remus?

• Remus made fun of his walls.

• Remus stole his food.

• Remus kissed his wife.

• Remus stole gold.

Multiple Choice

____________speaking people, called Latins, settled on the plain of Latium in central Italy.

• Latin

• Greek

• English

• Roman

Multiple Choice

What did the Romulus and Remus plan to do?

• build a city along the Tiber river

• unify Rome

• kill all the Etruscans

• invade Troy

Multiple Choice

Who is known as "the father of Rome"?

• Aeneas

• Romulus

• Remus

• Virgil

Multiple Choice

How does Romulus respond to Remus' mocking of his city walls?

• He challenges him to a duel.

• He looks for another omen.

• He kills him in a fit of rage.

• He asks for Remus' advice about what he should do differently.

Multiple Choice

Romulus and Remus were saved by ___ and later a ____ raised them as his own.

• a lioness; farmer

• a servant girl; blacksmith

• a mother wolf; shepherd

• Mars; potter

Multiple Choice

Why did King Amulius have Romulus and Remus thrown into a river?

• He was fearful they would seek revenge.

• He was afraid they would try to take the throne from him.

• An oracle told him to do it.

• He was following orders from the previous king, Numitor.

Multiple Choice

Who was the father of Romulus and Remus?

• Mars

• Numitor

• Amulius

• Zeus