Geography Impact
This is land with water on three sides.
A peninsula
These huge, tall, steep mountains are in the north of Italy.
The Alps
These are flat, good lands for farming.
Fertile plains
This is the number of hills Rome was built on.
Seven
The Romans called the Mediterranean Sea this nickname.
A "liquid highway"
The Mediterranean Sea connects which three continents.
Europe, Africa, Asia
The Alps acted like this – a word that means something that blocks enemies.
A natural barrier
Farming helps an Empire grow by creating a ___ ___.
Food surplus
This word describes a place that is hard for enemies to attack.
Defensible position
This is the sea that Rome was located in the middle of.
The Mediterranean Sea
This is the name of the large area of many different lands ruled by one government.
Empire
True or false: The Alps made it easy for enemies to attack Rome.
False. They made it hard.
Lots of food from farming helped this grow – the number of people living in a place.
Population
This is one advantage of building on hills.
Good visibility or seeing enemies from far away
Name one thing the "liquid highway" helped the Romans do.
Trade, communicate, or get more resources.
This word means "people who try to attack and take over a land.
invaders
This is the direction (north, south, east, or west) where the Alps are located in Italy.
North
Having a bigger population gave Rome more of these two things.
Soldiers and workers.
This word means "to take over by force."
Conquer
This word means "to buy and sell goods.
Trade
This word means "to bring together" – what Rome did to Italy.
Unify or bring together
This is one reason the Alps were hard for enemies to cross.
They were tall, steep, and snowy.
This civilization (not Rome) was divided by steep mountains into small city-states.
Greece
True or false: The seven hills made Rome easy to conquer.
False. They made it hard to conquer.
These are things like wood, metal, and food that Rome got from other lands.
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