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Your%Name:______________________________% Elise%McLean% 6th%Grade%World%History%and%Geography% Date:___________________________% G eography of R ome Directions:+Read+and+mark+the+following+document.+Remember,+when+you+read+and+mark+you+ should+CIRCLE+proper+nouns+and+dates,+underline+ONLY+key+ideas+and+make+notes+in+the+ margins.++ The$city$of$Rome$was$founded$on$seven$wooded$hills$next$to$the$Tiber$River$in$central$Italy.$The$ hills%were%steep%and%easily%defended%against%enemy%attacks.%The%valleys%had%fertile%soil!and$good$ irrigation,)as)well)as) materials)necessary)for) building. As#Rome#grew,#much#of#the# city%was%built%upon%the% swampy'lowlands'beneath' the$seven$hills.$These$parts$ of#Rome#often#suffered# damaging'floods'from'the' Tiber.'But'the'Tiber'also' provided(a(convenient(route( to#the#sea,#which#lay#about# 15!miles&(24!kilometers)+to+ the$west.$The$harbor$at$ Ostia,'a'town'at'the'mouth' of#the#Tiber,#allowed#for# extensive(trade(with(other( communities.% The$Italian$Peninsula,"which" Rome%controlled%for%much%of% its$history,$juts$far$into$the$Mediterranean$Sea$and$ occupies(a(central(position(among(the(Mediterranean( lands.'To'the'north,'the'Alps'provided'a'natural' defense&against&invaders&from¢ral&Europe.&But& passes%through%the%mountains%allowed%settlers,% attracted'by'the#mild#climate#and#fertile#soil,#to#travel# into%Italy.% Roman&rule&eventually&spread&over&all&the&lands& bordering)the)Mediterranean)Sea.)The)Romans)called) the$Mediterranean$Mare$Nostrum$(Our$Sea)$or$Mare$ Interne&(Inland&Sea).&At&the&Roman&Empire’s&greatest! size,&in&the&A.D.%100's%and%200's,%the%empire%extended% as#far#north#as#Scotland#and#as#far?east%as%the%Persian% Gulf.&&Eventually,&the&Roman&Empire&was÷d&into&two&parts,&east&and&west.&% Adapted'from:!Nice,&Alex&T.& "Rome,'Ancient."'World' Book$Advanced."World" Book,%2012."Web."%19!June% 2012.% % % % % % % % % Reading(Questions:(Answer(the(following(questions(using&PAGES.!You$should$be$sure$to$ include(a(middle(school(heading.(!Answers'should&be&in&complete&sentences.! 1. List'the'geographical'features'that'surround'Rome' 2. What'was'important'about'Rome'being'located'on'a'peninsula?' 3. What'is'important'of'the'Alps'to'Rome’s'north?' ? 4. Explain'how'Rome'grew'geographically'from'a'small'city'to'a'global'empire ' %