Geography
Rome is the capital city of what country
What is Italy?
What are the two main ways that the Etruscans influenced the Romans?
Both the Greeks and Romans believed in multiple gods, meaning they were .....
What is polytheistic?
The names of the two twin brothers who were believed to be the founders of Rome
What are Romulus and Remus?
The animal, a very adorable one in fact, that was sometimes used as part of gladiator fights
What river runs through the center of Italy?
What is the Tiber River?
The Etruscans were known as being masters of architecture, evening creating the _____ which is a common feature of Roman architecture
What is the arch?
Both the Greeks and Romans used only these types of letters
What are capital letters?
This animal raised the twin brothers...
Who are the wolves?
This is a major sporting event that involves timing a particular vehicle and competing against another vehicle, originally used by the Etruscans and later by the Romans
What are chariot races?
The general geographic location of both Rome and Constantinople can be described as...
What is the center?
The Etruscans used these to entertain themselves and eliminate slave populations
What are gladiator fights?
What two materials did the Romans copy to create amazing temples and statues from the Greeks
What are marble and concrete?
This brother ultimately defeated his twin brother and named the city after himself
Who is Romulus?
What is in the center of the Tiber River?
What is the Tiber Island?
The geographic feature that is the protector of the Romans to the North
What is the Italian Alps?
The Romans were the first to revolutionize this, created by the Etruscans, to help bring fresh water to Rome
What are the aqueducts?
The Greeks settled in this area of Italy
What is the south of Italy?
The alleged father of Romulus and Remus, made them both a demigod
Who is Mars?
What group of people were the ORIGINAL settlers of the city of Rome itself
Who are the Latins?
The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, later the capital of the Ottoman Empire
What is Byzantium?
This is the part of Italy that the Etruscans lived in(think compass rose)
What is Northern Italy?
The Greek God Ares is called this in Rome
Who is Mars?
What is the Roman name for Zeus?
Who is Jupiter?
The name of the mother of Romulus and Remus
Who is Princess Sylvia?