Geography of Rome_Review

The body of water surrounding Italy.

• Tiber River

• Nile River

• Mediterranean Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

A boot-shaped landform.

• Italian Peninsula

• Italian Alps

• Tiber River

• Mediterranean Sea

The mountain range in northern Italy. (circled in red)

• Rome

• The Alps

• Italian Peninsula

• Tiber River

Rome was founded near which body of water? (use the arrow to help)

• Mediterranean Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• Nile River

• Tiber River

The city that is located where Europe meets Asia.

• Rome

• Sicily

• Constantinople

• Carthage

The city-state origin of the Roman Republic and Empire.

• Italy

• Constantinople

• Italian Alps

• Rome

True or False: The Tiber River provided water for farming in early Rome

• True

• False, Mediterranean Sea

True or False: The Italian Alps, a mountain range in Northern Italy, does not help protect Rome from invaders.

• True

• False, does

True or False: Merchants could ship their goods along the Tiber River to the Mediterranean Sea.

• True

• False, could not

Rome's location near the Mediterranean Sea made it easy to launch ships to conquer (take over) other lands

• True

• False, difficult