1. You and four friends are going to the movies, which letter seat would you choose to sit in and why?

2. ANCIENT ROME MAP ACTIVITY
ROME MAP ( JAT 263,269,274,293…other atlas pages may be necessary)
To Be Labeled:
Regions Water Cities Islands
Britain Atlantic Ocean Rome Corsica
Spain Po River Carthage Sardinia
Gaul Black Sea Alexandria Sicily
Germania Mediterranean Sea Athens Crete
Italy Rhine River Byzantium Cyprus
Greece Danube River Corinth
Asia Minor Tiber River Mountains
Mesopotamia Adriatic Sea Alps
Egypt Ionian Sea Apennines
Arabia Tyrrhenian Sea
MAP COLOR…
Use the map on page 293 in your textbook. (JAT)
Color any land that was part of the Roman Empire one color (It is green on this map, but you can make it any color)
Color any none Roman Lands a second color.

4. ORIGINS OF ROME
JAT

5. How and why did the city of Rome develop where it did?

6. How did contact with other civilizations affect the development of Roman Civilization?

7. It had fertile soil / good farmland
It’s location allowed access to the sea
Mild climate
It was far enough from the sea to escape pirates
The hills made it easy to defend the city
It was built on spot where Tiber is easy to cross…traders passing by.
The Tiber River gave them a source of water
Central location in the Mediterranean

10. ROME

13. LATINS

15. How did contact with other civilizations affect the development of Roman Civilization?

17. Etruscans Influenced Early Rome
Architecture (Arch)
Clothes / Fashion
Metal Work and Jewelry
City Planning
Entertainment
Military

18. Greeks Influence Early Rome…
Alphabet
Architecture (Columns)
Literature /Myths/Religion
Agriculture (Olives and Grapes)
Art and Sculpture
Trade

19. Practice Quiz Region River City Island Water #2 #5 #3 #11 #6 #7 #1 #9#4 #8
#10
#12
ROME MAP ( JAT 263,269,274,293…other atlas pages may be necessary)
To Be Labeled:
Regions Water Cities Islands
Britain Atlantic Ocean Rome Corsica
Spain Po River Carthage Sardinia
Gaul Black Sea Alexandria Sicily
Germania Mediterranean Sea Athens Crete
Italy Rhine River Byzantium Cyprus
Greece Danube River Corinth
Asia Minor Tiber River Mountains
Mesopotamia Adriatic Sea Alps
Egypt Ionian Sea Apennines
Arabia Tyrrhenian Sea
Practice Quiz