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Italy sits along what part of Europe?
Southern
What mountain rang (tallest in Europe) runs east to west through the end of the Italian Peninsula?
Alps
the Aeneid was written by who?
Vergil
The ancestors of ________ built the city of Rome.
Aeneid
_______ kings ruled Rome between 753BC and 509BC
7
What is the Italian paninsala shaped like?
A high heeled boot 👢
What did the alps provide?
Protection
Aeneas was from where?
Troy
Who were twin brothers that floated down the Tiber river in a basket?
Romulus and Remus
The last three kings were not Roman the were ______.
Etruscan
Rome is built atop what?
7 Hills
The ___________ mountains run lengthwise down the center of the peninsula.
Apennine
Aeneas fed because why?
The Greeks won the Trojan war
The boys were rescued by who?
A wolf
the last king was _____.
Cruel
The ________ river through Rome.
Tiber
Italy has a mild climate much like that of __________.
Southern California
Aeneid made an alliance with who?
The Latins
_______ killed ______ out of anger while building a city at the spot where they were rescued.
Romulus killed Remus
During Difficult wars ______ were chosen to help lead.
Dictators
Like Greece the location of Rome helped them build a strong what?
Trade network
What grows well in Italy?
Citrus fruits, grapes, olives, and tomatoes
He and the Latins _________ many peoples.
Conquered
Romulus became the first _____ of Rome.
King
Who was the most respected dictator.
Cincinnatus