Ancient Rome

Select ALL the images that show examples of Roman architecture.

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Which river runs through Rome?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Nile River

• Tiber River

The act of giving or doing something is known as

• democracy
• contribution
• community
• characteristic

Rome was located near what body of water?

• Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Red Sea
• Mediterranean Sea

What kind of government did ancient Rome have?

• monarchy
• dictatorship
• direct democracy
• representative democracy

What did the Romans use to bring water to their cities?

• columns
• mosaics
• aqueducts
• roads

Which of the following statements about Ancient Greece and Rome are true?

• They were both located in present-day Asia and had access to many resources and good land for farming.

• They did not have many similarities, since Rome was located on a peninsula with many resources and Greece was not.

• They both had excellent areas for farming and never traveled, traded, or fished across the Mediterranean Sea.

• They were both located on peninsulas that featured mountains and limited rich soil and locations to farm. This caused the people of ancient Greece and Rome to trade, build ships and fish in order to have the resources they needed.

What THREE ways did Ancient Romans adapt to their physical environment?

• Traded across the Mediterranean Sea

• Built waterways to travel by ship to North America

• Built roads to connect to land in western Europe and Africa

• Limited farming due to mountains

Romans traded

• on the Mediterranean Sea

• on the Nile River

• on the Atlantic Ocean

• on the Niger River

A government in which people vote for a smaller group of citizens to make the rules and laws is a

• republic democracy

• representative democracy

• final democracy

• direct democracy