1. Warm Up * Copy HW Please take out your letter to a veteran and share it with a friend Be ready to share one concept/idea you read about in your friend’s letter

2. Essential Question How does where you live affect how you live?

3. All Roads Lead to Rome… What is meant by this quote? Discuss your thoughts with a friend for one minute. All the things we have in our culture today can be traced back to The Roman Empire, and since they are famous for building roads, historians say all road lead (back) to Rome

4. Italy

5. Geography of Rome AlpsApennines

6. Geography of Rome Mountains not as hard to pass as in Greece – people in Italy less isolated. Italy also has better farmland than Greece.

7. Geography of Rome Where would YOU place a civilization? Near water for food, trade but not too near for PIRATES! People who settled Rome agreed.

8. Where was Rome located? Built on seven hills. Why? Easier to defend the city from attack. Built near a popular crossing of Tiber River. Became a stop-off for traders.

9. Geography of Rome Italy a boot shaped peninsula in Mediterranean region. Heel points towards Greece and toe towards Sicily.

10. Geography of Rome Po River Tiber River

11. Roman Empire Map

12. Critical Thinking Questions 8.-They are in the middle so they have equal access to the entire Mediterranean Sea. - They could control other people from trading freely through the Mediterranean Sea. 9. The Mountains protected Romans from Invasion, but it made travel over land difficult. 10.Water, due to the mountains -Alps

13. Closure *Please explain three ways the geography of the Mediterranean region affected the formation of their culture. 1. 2. 3.