ANCIENT ROME STUDY GUIDE
Ancient Rome (at its strongest) covered three
continents; Europe, Africa and Asia. Rome is a city.
Rome is in the country called Italy. Italy is a peninsula
because three sides of the country is surrounded by water.
Italy is on the continent called Europe.
B. Physical characteristics (the land):
 built on mountains and hills
 located near the Tiber River and Mediterranean Sea
 limited rich soil.
 farmed on hillsides (terraced farming)
 trading took place on the Mediterranean Sea (economic
interdependence).
C. Human characteristics (the people) :
 master road builders (economic specialization),
 traders
 farmers
D. Roman contributions include:
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Arches(used in many buildings and structures throughout Rome)
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Aqueducts (arches used to carry water),
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Colosseum (where gladiators fought)
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Roads (All roads lead to Rome)
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Mosaics (art made by broken bits of glass),
 Representative Democracy (a government where citizens elected
- or voted on – representatives to make the laws).