1. Warm-up Questions What geographic feature is mainland Italy called?
What mountain range runs through most of Italy?
Who wrote the epic poem of the Aeneid in 20 B.C.?
Who founded the city of Rome according to legend?

2. The Geography of Rome Chapter 10, Section 1 World History
The Roman Republic
The Geography of Rome
Chapter 10, Section 1
World History

3. Alabama Course of Study
Standard Six: Trace the expansion of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an empire, including key geographic, political, and economic elements.
Interpreting spatial distribution and patterns of the Roman Republic using geographic tools and technologies.

4. Today’s Learning Targets
I will use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I will locate key geographical features of the Roman Empire on a map.

5. Warm-up Questions What geographic feature is mainland Italy called?
A peninsula
What mountain range runs through most of Italy?
Apennines

6. Warm-up Questions Who wrote the epic poem of the Aeneid in 20 B.C.?
Virgil
Who founded the city of Rome according to this legend?
Aeneas
Who wrote the epic poem of the Aeneid in 20 B.C.? Answer – Virgil; Who founded the city of Rome according to legend? Answer - Aeneas

7. Reading Check Questions
How did Rome’s location affect its early history?
It determined where Romans settled and what food they could grow.
Why did early Romans want to get rid of the monarchy?
The last Roman king was said to have been cruel.

8. Reading Check Questions
How were patricians and plebeians different?
Patricians were nobles who could be elected to office; plebeians were peasants, craftspeople, traders, and other workers who at first were not able to be in government.

9. Physical Features
The ___ and ___ made it difficult for the ancient people of the ___ Peninsula to get around.
Alps / Apennines / Italian
Some of the mountain were also ___. ___ is the most famous of these.
volcanic / Vesuvius

10. Physical Features
Roman cities were built near the ___ that flowed out of the mountains. Rome itself was built along the ___ River.
rivers / Tiber
The climate is ___ and ___ in summer and ___ and ___ in winter. This enabled the people to grow many different typs of crops.
warm / dry / mild / rainy

11. The Origins of Rome
People slowly came to Italy through the _____ _____ in search of mild climate and better _____ between 1500 B.C. and 1000 B.C.
mountain passes / farmland.
The ___ people settled on the plain of ___ sometime between 800 B.C. and 700 B.C. for _____. This community became Rome.
Latin / Latium / protection

12. Where was Rome Located?
Located about _____ up the Tiber River, Rome offered the people _____ for farming and a route to the _____ Sea.
15 miles / water / Tyrrhenian
It was far enough up the river to be protected from _____ from the sea.
pirates

13. Rhine River Atlantic Ocean Alps Caspian Sea Danube River Black Sea
Pyrenees
Corsica
Adriatic Sea
Balkan Peninsula
Byzantium
Sardinia
Tyrrhenian Sea
Sicily
Ionian Sea
Carthage
Aegean Sea
Cyprus
Crete
Mediterranean Sea
Alexandria
Tiber River
Apennines
Rome
Red Sea
Nile River
Athens

14. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can locate key geographical features of the Roman Empire on a map.