Rome's Beginnings (8-1)

The two mountain ranges in Rome are ______ and ___________.

• Alps, Apennines

• Rockies, Appalachians

• Himalayas, Ural

• Pamir, Zagros

Rome is a ________________.

• island

• peninsula

• archipelago

• tributary

Italy has better farmland than Greece

• True

• False

Which river gave Rome a source of water and a way to the Mediterranean Sea?

• Rhine River

• Amazon River

• Tiber River

• Nile River

What was Rome built on that helped give it protection?

• in a canyon

• on an island

• a plateau

• seven hills

Who were the twins in the traditional story of the beginnings of Rome?

• Artemis and Apollo

• Troy and Perseus

• Aeneas and Helen

• Romulus and Remus

This person is called the "father of the Romans".

• Romulus

• Perseus

• Aeneas

• Remus

Which two groups had a great impact on early Rome: the Greeks and the _______________?

• Indus

• Etruscans

• French

• Carthagians

A form of government in which the leader is not a king or queen but someone put in office by citizens with the right to vote is a __________________.

• republic

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

Roman armies were organized into groups of about 6,000 men called ____________________.

• legions

• troops

• battalions

• regiments