Aqueducts

What river was used as the main water supply of early Rome?

• Po River

• Vesuvius River

• Tiber River

• Ganges River

Why did Romans need to build aqueducts? (pick 3)

• People dumped sewage in the Tiber River

• They needed a clean water supply

• Aqueducts cleaned the water from the river

• The Tiber River was polluted

Who built the first aqueducts in 691 B.C.?

• Romans

• Persians

• Assyrians

• Greeks

Aqueducts carried water to _____.

• fountains, baths, and a few homes

• the Tiber River

• the mountains

• faucets

Why did some of the aqueducts underground?

• To save money

• To keep enemies from poisoning the water

• to keep it cold

• to save room

Roman aqueducts no longer exist.

• True

• False