Social Studies Ch 8 Sect 1

Rome is located in

• Greece

• Italy

• Africa

• Spain

Italy is located in

• in Europe

• the middle of the Mediterranean

• in Egypt

• in Spain

The heel of Italy points toward ___ and the toe points toward ___.

• Greece, Sicily

• Spain, Africa

• Sicily, Greece

• Africa, Germany

The Apennines are

• the Roman army

• enemies of the Roman emperor

• a mountain range running all the way down the boot of Italy

• the people that started Rome

Italian landscape featured

• the Apennines mountains

• long narrow boot shaped peninsula

• the Tiber River

• large flat plains ideal for growing crops

Who were the Latium?

• the Roman soldiers

• the first emperor's family

• Latin speaking people who built the city of Rome

• group who wrote the Aeneid

What were the benefits of Rome's location?

• far enough away to escape raids from pirates

• Tiber River was a water source and was easily crossed

• only 15 miles away from the Mediterranean Sea

• built on seven steep hills making it difficult to attack

How did Rome begin?

• historians do not know

• one legend tells the story of twin brothers Romulus and Remus

• people got tired of living in Greece

• the Aeneid is a legend that tells the story of Aeneas uniting the Trojans and Latins to create Rome

____ wrote the Aeneid

• Virgil

• Homer

• Socrates

• Aeneas

Historians believe the ___ lived in the area of Rome as early as 1000BC. They built huts, tended herds, and grew crops on Rome's hills.

• Latins

• Etruscans

• Romans

• Sicilians