Rome Geography
The country that Rome is in
What is Italy?
In the beginning of the Roman empire the Romans believed in many...
Gods or Deities
What is the Nile River?
A piece ofland surrounded by water on 3 sides
What is a peninsula?
Ancient Greeks had a lot of _____ covering their land, making it hard to farm
Mountains
A large river located in central Italy used as a fresh water source, trade route, and food source for the Ancient Romans
What is the Tiber River?
The growing religion that was illegal in Ancient Rome until an emperor converted and made it legal.
What is Christianity?
You could find early Chinese civilizations developing on this river
A government in which the citizens vote on the laws. (created in Athens)
What is a democracy?
The Greeks and Roman grew a lot of these...
What are olives?
This city was built on seven hills near the Tyrrhenian Sea.
What is Rome?
As christianity grew in the Roman empire, Christian began to refuse to worship the Roman gods which was against the _____
law
The two main sites found in the Indus River Valley Civilization
Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
Believing in many gods or deities
what is polytheistic?
The arena in Rome where gladiators would fight.
What is the Colosseum?
These two mountain ranges of Italy helped protect Rome.
What are the Apennine and the Alps?
The emperor who made Christianity legal in Rome
Who is Constantine?
The two largest city-states in Ancient Greece
What are Sparta and Athens?
In Ancient times, these were independent and had their own government
What are city-states?
______ are stories that people tell to explain beliefs about the creation of their world.
What are myths?
The 3 seas surrounding the Roman peninsula?
What is a Mediterranean, Ionian, and Adriatic
Known as the god Zeus in Ancient Greece. He was known as ____ in Ancient Rome
Whos is Jupiter?
The three seas surrounding the peninsula of Ancient Greece
What are the Mediterranean, Ionian, and Aegean?
The type of government where a small group of people rule and make the laws.
What is an oligarchy?
These twin brothers who were thrown into the Tiber River as babies founded Ancient Rome.
Who is Romulus and Remus.