Ancient Rome 

Student Map Activities  

This is an activity worksheet with instructions and questions for you to complete as you search the web.  Read each instruction carefully and do not skip any of the activities, do them in order. All websites have been bookmarked with the name you see here.

Good Luck on your exploration of  Ancient Rome!

I.  First visit Geography of Rome. Here you will get an idea of where you would have been if you lived in ancient Rome and what you would have seen if you looked out of your window.  Answer the  questions attached as you explore Rome's geographical land features and other sights.

Print (highlight the questions and click file then print selection) and answer the following questions as you search Geography of Rome

1.  What is the shape of Italy compared to in this site?       (1 point)

2.  How do the authors of Geography of Rome describe the difference between the countryside and the cities? (2 points)

3.  Describe what kind of buildings you might see in Ancient Rome and what they were used for. (4 points)

4.  Describe what geographical feature surrounds the city of Rome?  (1 point)

5.  What body of water runs through the city of Rome?    (1 point)

6.  Where do farmers grow their crops?  Do you think it was easy or hard to grow crops there? Why? (2 
     points)

7.  What kind of crops grew in Rome?  How do they compare with the crops we grow?  (2 points)

II.  Next go to Enchanted Learning Africa and print an outline of Africa Then visit  Enchanted Learning Europe and print an outline of Europe.  You will use these outlines later when you search for ancient maps of the Roman empire.    

III.  Take a closer look at these Ancient Rome map and Roman Empire map to see all the land the Romans conquered.  Now you will use the outlines of Africa and Europe you printed to do the following activities.  

        a.   Title the maps " Land Conquered By Rome"

        b.   Draw a Compass Rose on the map.

        c.   Color the area of land light green on your outline maps to show the land the Romans   
              conquered.

        d.  Then label what countries they each are today.    

        e.  Color the water blue and label each body of water.  

IV.   Now that you have researched the land of the Ancient Rome Empire lets take a closer look at Rome today. 

     A.  Print an outline map of Italy at Enchanted Learning. This is an outline of Italy today. 

    B.   Visit  Map of Italy  to label the following items on the outline map of Italy.  

       Print the instructions a - g below: (highlight the questions and click file then print selection)

          a.  Draw a red star where Rome is located and label it "Rome".

          b.  Draw a compass rose on the bottom right hand corner of the map and label the  
               directions.

          c.  Label all the seas surrounding Italy

          d.  Draw a blue line to represent Tiber River.

          e.  Draw a brown triangle where Mt. Vesuvius is found (Old Pompeii).

f.   Label the two islands off the coast of Italy.

          g.   Label the Vatican City on the map with a black circle. 

5.   Finally, print quiz at Enchanted Learning Italy and complete the questions.       

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