The Rise of Rome

These mountains run north and south in Italy.

• Alps

• Apennines

• Rockies

• Shenandoah

Plains at the base of mountains were good for __________________.

• farming

• fishing

• hunting

• protection

Italy is located on a land mass surrounded by three sides of water called a(n) ___________________.

• island

• plateau

• peninsula

• straight

Rome is located on the ____________________ River.

• Mississippi

• Nile

• Tigris

• Tiber

These people were early ancestors of the Romans.

• Latins

• Etruscans

• Greeks

• Americans

Romans borrowed their alphabet

• Latins

• Etruscans

• Greeks

• Americans

The myth about the founding of Rome is _______.

• Zeus

• Romulus and Remus

• Mt. Olympus

• Plebians

What is a form of government where people elect representatives?

• republic

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

• monarchy

Who borrowed their ideas for government from the Romans?

• United States

• Canada

• England

• Greece

The patrician class elected two of these to run the government and army.

• consul

• senate

• tribal assembly

• Military