Intro to Rome

On what continent do you think Rome is located?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• United States

What modern-day country is the Roman civilization called today?

• Italy

• United States

• Greece

• Egypt

True or False: Italy (where ancient Rome was located) is a peninsula.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The _________ is/ are the geographic feature in the north of the Italian peninsula.

• Gobi Desert

• Himalaya Mountains

• Alps Mountains

• Sahara Desert

The city of Rome was started along the ______ River.

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Tiber

• Indus

TRUE or FALSE: The Romans created many engineering and architectural innovations.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE: The aqueduct was used to transport waste out of the city.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Romans were one of the first civilizations to have a ______ system to remove waste from their city.

• sanitation

• arch

• stadium

• language

What language was spoken in ancient Rome?

• Latin

• Greek

• Romanian

• Hebrew

According to legend, the founders of Rome were twin brothers who were raised by a ______ .

• sheep

• female wolf

• chimpanzee

• human woman