Ancient Rome Lesson 1: Geography

When did people from Sparta and other city-states begin leaving Greece?

• 700BC

• 800BC

• 7000AD

• 7AD

What city was rising to power the same time as Athens and Sparta?

• Rome

• Sicily

• Italy

• Latium

What article of clothing is Italy shaped like?

• Boot

• Hat

• Gloves

• Shirt

What island is the west of the "toe" of Italy and has rich farmland?

• Sicily

• Rome

• Alps

• Sparta

What mountains are at the northern border of present-day Italy?

• Alps

• Apennine

• Gaul

• Africa

Which mountains form a "backbone" through the Italian peninsula and lack rich soil.

• Apennine

• Alps

T/F: Italy does not have fertile plains

• True

• False

What river flows through the plain, Latium?

• Tiber

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Nile

What city is beside the Tiber River and on the edge of the Latium plain?

• Rome

• Italy

• Sicily

• France

What are the names of the twin brothers in the Legend of the beginning of Rome?

• Romulus

• Remus

• Romantius

• Ennisous

• Etruscan