Geography and the Early Development of Rome (Lesson 36)

Who were Romulus and Remus? (Intro)

• explorers on a famous river

• the mythical founders of Rome

• colonists from ancient Greece

Who first lived in the area that would become Rome? (36.1)

• Latins

• Greeks

• Macedonians

What landscape would an early visitor to Rome have seen? (36.1)

• a plain by the sea

• a hill beside a river

• a mountainous island

What was one reason why the Etruscans might build a cuniculus? (36.2)

• to entertain the people

• to carry water to their cities

• to conquer neighboring tribes

Which dangerous sport did the Romans adapt from the Etruscans? (36.3)

• long jumping

• chariot racing

• pole throwing

Gladiators were mostly enslaved people who had to fight to ... (36.3)

• train war horses.

• establish colonies.

• amuse an audience.

How did the Romans get their alphabet? (36.5)

• directly from the Greeks, who invented it

• directly from the Etruscans, who invented it

• from the Etruscans, who got it from the Greeks

Why do historians use the term “Greco-Roman art”? (36.6)

• Roman art shows a strong influence from Greece.

• The same artists worked in both Greece and Rome.

• Scholars cannot tell whether a work is Greek or Roman.

Regarding the gods, the Romans cared more than the Greeks about ... (36.7)

• seeing plays about them.

• honoring them with sports.

• performing the correct rituals.

What does the chart show about Greek and Roman gods? (36.7)

• They had different names.

• They had the same worshippers.

• They had different personalities.