Roman Geography Practice

This mountain range separates the Italian peninsula from the rest of Europe

• Apennine Mountains

• Alps

• Carpathian Mountains

• Sahara

This city, found in North Africa across the Mediterranean Sea, was Rome’s main rival.

• Rome

• Athens

• Carthage

• Sparta

Name the river along which the city of Rome was built.

• Rhine River

• Po River

• Danube River

• Tiber River

Name the body of water to the East of the Italian Peninsula that separated it from Ancient Greece.

• Adriatic Sea

• Tyrrhenian Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Ionian Sea

Of the two islands directly West of Rome, this was the Northernmost of the two.

• Sardinia

• Sicily

• Carthage

• Corsica

Of the two islands directly West of Rome, this was the Southernmost of the two.

• Sardinia

• Sicily

• Carthage

• Corsica

Name the body of water that separates the African continent from the island of Sicily.

• Adriatic Sea

• Tyrrhenian Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Ionian Sea

What body of water separates the Italian peninsula from the islands of Corsica and Sardinia to the West?

• Adriatic Sea

• Tyrrhenian Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Ionian Sea

This ancient civilization was to the South-East of the Italian peninsula and heavily influenced Roman culture.

• Greece

• Carthage

• Egypt

• Rome

This landform is surrounded by the Adriatic Sea to the East, the Tyrrhenian Sea to the West, and the Mediterranean Sea to the South. It is also where the city of Rome was founded.

• Greece

• Italian Peninsula

• Balkan Peninsula

• Carpathian Mountains