i have 20 points for 4 questions
1.The map shows the Italian Peninsula.
A map titled Italian Peninsula. A key shows Mountains in teal, Plains in green, Hills in yellow. The Italian Alps are along the northern border of Italy. The Apennine Mountains run down the center of Italy. The Tiber River is on the west side of the Apennine Mountains, going through Rome. Sardina is west of Italy. Sicily is southwest of the bottom tip of Italy. The Mediterranean Sea is south of Sardinia and west of Sicily. The Adriatic Sea is east of Italy.
What geographic feature on the map helped Rome trade with surrounding areas?
the Adriatic Sea
the Mediterranean Sea
the Apennine Mountains
the Italian Alps
Read the passage from the myth of Romulus and Remus.
The founding of Rome revolves around two orphan boys named Romulus and Remus. Legend says that the boys were raised by a mighty wolf. The boys’ mother was murdered by an evil king named Amulius. The king then threw the two babies into the Tiber River. They washed up onto the banks of the river, where the wolf found them. Seeing the crying babies, she took pity on them. She gently picked them up in her teeth. She took the babies to her cave and fed them. She cared for them for years. The boys grew bigger and stronger. Eventually, a herder found the boys and took them home. He and his wife raised the boys. The boys decided to build a city where the wolf had fed them. However, Romulus and Remus fought over whom the gods favored. In this fight, Romulus killed Remus. Then Romulus founded Rome.
2.According to the myth, what role did Romulus play in the founding of Rome?
He was the founder of the city of Rome.
He was killed before Rome was founded.
He was a herder who raised Rome’s founders.
He was a king who threw Rome’s founders into a river.
3.Read the passage from the myth of Romulus and Remus.
The founding of Rome revolves around two orphan boys named Romulus and Remus. Legend says that the boys were raised by a mighty wolf. The boys’ mother was murdered by an evil king named Amulius. The king then threw the two babies into the Tiber River. They washed up onto the banks of the river, where the wolf found them. Seeing the crying babies, she took pity on them. She gently picked them up in her teeth. She took the babies to her cave and fed them. She cared for them for years. The boys grew bigger and stronger. Eventually, a herder found the boys and took them home. He and his wife raised the boys. The boys decided to build a city where the wolf had fed them. However, Romulus and Remus fought over whom the gods favored. In this fight, Romulus killed Remus. Then Romulus founded Rome.
What role does the wolf play in the founding of Rome?
She builds the city.
She kills the founder.
She constructs the wall around the city.
She rescues the boy who becomes the founder.
Read the passage from the myth of Romulus and Remus.
The founding of Rome revolves around two orphan boys named Romulus and Remus. Legend says that the boys were raised by a mighty wolf. The boys’ mother was murdered by an evil king named Amulius. The king then threw the two babies into the Tiber River. They washed up onto the banks of the river, where the wolf found them. Seeing the crying babies, she took pity on them. She gently picked them up in her teeth. She took the babies to her cave and fed them. She cared for them for years. The boys grew bigger and stronger. Eventually, a herder found the boys and took them home. He and his wife raised the boys. The boys decided to build a city where the wolf had fed them. However, Romulus and Remus fought over whom the gods favored. In this fight, Romulus killed Remus. Then Romulus founded Rome.
What detail about the founding of Rome is explained by the myth of Romulus and Remus?
the location of the city
the date of the city’s founding
the structure of the city
the reason the city was founded
