Vocabulary
This word means long, long ago.
What is ancient?
Ancient Rome was found on one of these, which is land surrounded on three sides by water.
What is a peninsula?
Having lots of access to this, allowed the ancient Romans to grow crops and fish.
What is freshwater and saltwater?
This type of democracy is the basis for our government today in the United States.
What is representative democracy?
Materials that come directly from nature (water, soil, wood, and coal).
What are natural resources?
This is the act of giving or sharing something.
What is a contribution?
The land in ancient Rome was varied, and was made up of these.
What are grasslands, mountains, and hills?
The ancient Romans build these, which helped them to travel more easily.
What are roads?
The ancient Romans built these to get fresh water to be used for drinking.
What are aqueducts?
People working to produce goods and services.
What are human resources?
This is the study of buildings and building design.
What is architecture?
Ancient Rome began on the banks of this river.
What is the Tiber River?
When the ancient Romans wanted or needed something they didn't have, they did this.
What is traded?
This type of art made by ancient Romans used many little pieces of tile to make a pattern or picture.
What are mosaics?
Goods made by people and used to produce other goods and services (machines, tools).
What are capital resources?
In ancient Greece, the climate in winter could be described this way.
Winters in ancient Greece were mild and rainy.
This is the continent ancient Rome was located on.
What is Europe?
Wheat was one of the most commonly grown crops in ancient Rome. They used it to make this food.
What is bread?
Ancient Roman architecture commonly used this feature.
What are arches?
________________ and services satisfy people's wants and needs.
What are goods?
These are the choices and changes people make in order to survive in their environments.
What are adaptations?
This mountain range protected ancient Rome from intruders.
What are the Alps?
This crop from ancient Rome could be eaten and was also made into an oil that could be used in cooking.
What are olives?
The ancient made used this type of art to make realistic statues that were displayed throughout the community.
What are sculptures?
The next best option that is given up when an economic choice is made.
What is opportunity cost?