1. Geography of Rome

2. Location Italian Peninsula A peninsula is surrounded by water on 3 sides. (Florida) Shaped like a boot.

3. Location Cont. Rome is in the center. ROME

4. Mountains Apennine Mountains Run down the center of the peninsula. Not as rugged as the mtns. in Greece.

5. Seas Right in the center of the Mediterranean. Land travel was easy Sea travel was hard (few good harbors)

6. Farm Land Full of fertile farm land Didn’t “need” to trade much with other groups.

7. Volcanoes Several volcanoes on the peninsula. Most are now extinct. Vesuvius

8. The City of Rome Good Soil Surrounded by 7 hills (defense) 15 miles from the sea Centrally located.

9. Rome today The Colosseum

10. Rome Today Vatican City

11. Rome Today Pompeii

12. Rome Today Pisa

13. Rome Today Venice

14. Rome Today Tuscany

15. Geography of Europe

16. Seas, Peninsulas, Islands Europe –About ¾ the size of the continental USA Eurasia –Share common landmass of Europe and Asia Seas –300 miles of seacoast

18. Peninsulas –Scandinavia Fjords –Iberian Pyrenees Mountains –Apennine –Balkan Islands –Italy –Greece

20. Mountains, plains, natural resources Alps –Highest range in Europe Rivers –Rhine –Po –Danube –Elbe –Thames Northern European Plains

21. Economic Activity

22. Population Density

24. Historical Conflict Crusades Slavery WWI – WWII –Holocaust Communism Cold War –Yugoslavia –Czechoslovakia