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6th%Grade%World%History%and%Geography%
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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+
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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&central&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&divided&into&two&parts,&east&and&west.&%
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"Rome,'Ancient."'World'
Book$Advanced."World"
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Reading(Questions:(Answer(the(following(questions(using&PAGES.!You$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?'
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4. Explain'how'Rome'grew'geographically'from'a'small'city'to'a'global'empire '
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