Lesson 1 - Geography and Founding of Rome

On which peninsula is Rome locates?

• Iberian peninsula

• Peloponnesus

• Italian peninsula

• Balkan peninsula

Which best describes Rome's climate?

• Hot desert-like conditions

• dry, hot summers and mild, wet winters

• cold tundra

• damp and tropical

What are the advantages of living on the Italian peninsula (Select more than one answer choice.)?

• fertle river valleys

• hills for protection

• gold as a natural resource

• access to the Mediterranean Sea

What is one similarity between Rome's geography and Greece's geography?

• Both are located on peninsulas

• Both have polar climates

• Both have many river valleys

• Both had mountains that could not be crossed.

According to myth, who founded the city of Rome?

• King Tarquin

• Julius Caesar

• Remus

• Romulus

According to historians, which group of people most likely founded Rome?

• The Latins

• The Etruscans

• The Greeks

• The Macedonians

What is the name of the mountain range that runs north to south down the length of the Italian peninsula like a spine?

• The Pyrenees

• The Appenine Mountains

• The Alps

• The Ural Mountains

The city of Rome was built on...

• 7 hills

• a mountainside

• a desert

• plateau

In Rome's early days, it was under control of the _____________ kings.

• Latin

• Etruscan

• Macedonian

• barbarian

What did the Romans learn from the Etruscans (Choose ALL correct answers)?

• How to build aqueducts

• How to make catapults

• How to build arches

• How to drain marshy(wet) lands