Ancient Greece and Rome

a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters

• myth
• legend
• fable
• folktale

What special position did the Roman Senate give to Julius Caesar?

• Dictator for Life

• Supreme General

• they offered him the crown to become King of Rome.

• Senator

Both Italy and Greece are this geographic feature.

• Pennsylvania

• island

• peninsula

• bridge

70-80% of Greece is this Geographic feature.

• Water

• Hills

• Mountains

• Rivers

Narrow strip of land that connects one body of land to another

• isthmus

• mountains

• islands

• peninsula

Provide protection for the Romans from flooding rivers and enemy attacks. 

• Mountains

• 7 Hills

• Mediterranean Sea

• Isthmus

This geographic feature connected both Rome and Greece to other parts of the world for trade

• Mountains

• Isthmus

• Mediterranean Sea

• 7 hills

period of peace throughout the Roman empire for 300 years

• Age of Prosperity

• Great Time of Peace

• Pax Romana

• Era of Peace

Monotheistic faith that was a unifying and powerful force for the Roman Empire.

• Methodist Church

• Southern Baptist Church

• Roman Catholic Church

• Pentecostal Church

Identify four of the main reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.

• Invasions from Germanic tribes

• An earthquake

• Economic problems

• Too much land to defend

• Too few soldiers to maintain peace