Roman Geography
The country of Italy is located on a peninsula, which means that it has a very long what?
Long Coastline
Name the brothers that are credited with founding the City of Rome in 753 BC?
Who are Remus and Romulus?
Around 1000 BC, the Latins settled in the area of Italy west of the Apennine mountains, and south of this river?
What is the Tiber River?
The Etruscans settled on the Italian Peninsula around this year?
What is 600 BC?
Name this historical thinking skill practiced when a researcher looks for information from multiple sources
What is corroboration?
This mountain range makes up the northern border of Italy, separating it from the rest of mainland Europe.
What are the Alps?
The Roman Empire peaked in size in what year?
What is 117 AD?
Abbreviated "IE", this language group members settled in the Italian Peninsula and were the distant ancestors of the Latins?
What is the "Indo European" language?
Etruscan culture was greatly influenced by this country, which had many city-states on the peninsula?
What is Greece?
When you look at who, what, when, where and why a document was created, you are doing what historical thinking skill?
What is sourcing?
Name the body of water that acted as a highway for connectivity for the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Italy.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
In 320 AD, Emperor Constantine converted to this growing religion?
What is Christianity?
The Supreme Sky God, or "Dieus-Pater" was worshipped by the Latins, and was the namesake for this planet in our solar system?
What is "Jupiter"?
True or False: Etruscan women held the same place, and had the same privileges in society as Greek women.
What is "False"?
Someone took a picture of the President during their Inauguration. This photograph was shared around to document the event. The picture would be considered what type of source?
What is a primary source?
Greece had many city-states located on this southern Italian island.
What is Sicily?
In 206 BC, this Carthaginian general invaded Rome by crossing the Alps with war elephants?
Who is Hannibal?
Aeneas, the famous mythical character and founder for Latium, is said to have survived and fled from this famous Greek battle?
What is the Battle of Troy?
As a means of acquiring valuable resources, such as land, prestige, goods, and slaves, Etruscans did this during the summer months?
What is "raid"?
What is the feature of a map that provides readers with the orientation of the map?
What is the compass rose?
Name the mountain range that runs up and down the spine of the Italian peninsula.
What are the Apennine Mountains?
Ancient Rome is defined by 3 eras: Monarchal, Republican, and what?
What is Imperial?
This controversial "hooked cross" symbol was used by the Latins to symbolize the Sun as a wheel rolling through the sky?
What is a swastika?
It is believed that the Etruscan government shifted from a [blank], into a oligarchic republic in the 6th century BC?
What is "Monarchy"?
The development of religion helps the believers explain what?
What is "the world around them"?