Essential Questions for Rome
1. WHAT EVIDENCE DID YOU FIND CONCERNING THE
ACCURACY OF THE HISTORICAL RECORD CONCERNING
ANCIENT ROME?
2. WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE ROMAN
EMPIRE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND SPREAD OF
CHRISTIANITY?
3. HOW DID THE ROMAN LEGACY OF SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IMPACT THE LIVES AND
ACTIVITIES OF ROMAN CITIZENS?
4. CREATE A MULTI-TIERED TIMELINE DEPICTING KEY
DATES FOR BOTH ANCIENT ROME AND ANOTHER
SELECTED REGION.
5. CREATE EXAMPLES OF VARIOUS CAUSE AND EFFECT
RELATIONSHIPS.
6. EXPLAIN THE MANY GEOGRAPHICAL, POLITICAL, AND
ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT BOTH PROMOTED AND
HINDERED THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, IDEAS, AND
PEOPLE.
7. DETAIL HOW THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IMPACTED
THEIR
CULTURE.
8. DISCUSS THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AND IMPACT OF
DIFFUSION IN ANCIENT ROME.
9. DETAIL THE LEGACY OF THE ROMAN CIVILIZATION ON
IMMEDIATE CULTURES OF THE TIME THROUGH CURRENT
TIMES.
10. RELATE HOW THE CULTURE OF ANCIENT ROME
COMPARED WITH THAT OF ANCIENT GREECE AND
ACCOUNT FOR THEIR SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES.
11. COMPARE THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO OUR
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY OF TODAY.