Social studies Rome chapter 1

Question 1

arable land

Answer 1

land used to grow crops

Question 2

extinct volcano

Answer 2

a volcano that will no longer erupt

Question 3

forum

Answer 3

a public place were people meet and trade goods and ideas

Question 4

what surrounds Italy

Answer 4

the Italian peninsula is just west of the Balkan Peninsula and is shaped like a long, high-heeled boot. the toe of the boot seems aimed to kick the island of Sicily

Question 5

what three seas surround italy

Answer 5

the Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian, Adriatic sea

Question 6

what two mountain ranges are in italy

Answer 6

the Alps and the Apennines

Question 6

why did the people of italy trade more with each other than with outsiders across the seas

Answer 6

they did not have good harbors

Question 7

how do the mountains effect trade

Answer 7

the Po Valley lies between these mountain mranges. Italy is different from Greece because the hills and mountains of Italy are less rugged than those in Greece. so land travel and trade were easier for the early people of Italy than for Greece.

Question 9

how do the rivers of italy help create mineral-rich farmland

Answer 9

the rivers carried mineral rich silt that created good farmland

Question 10

People from central Europe who settled on land south of the Tiber River became know as who?

Answer 10

Latins

Question 11

Why was the area along the Tiber River a good place to settle?

Answer 11

The land was fertile and it was easy to grow crops and raise animals.

Question 12

What are 6 advantages of the site Rome offered?

Answer 12

1. Good soil for farming
2. Near supplies of wood and stone
3. Easily defended
4. Inland location protected it from pirate attacks
5. Close enough to the sea to fish
6. Located on the center of the peninsula which made for good communication and trade with the rest of Italy

Question 13

Who were Romulus and Remus, and according to legend why are they important to the founding of Rome

Answer 13

They were the twin grandsons of a Latin King. The power of the king was seized by his brother and this guy worried the twins might try to defeat or kill him. He left the boys by the banks of the Tiber River to die. A wolf took them in and raised them. They eventually returned and killed their great uncle and returned the king to power and built the great city of Rome.