Geography Flashcards
Locate Graecia on the map.
5
Locate Hispānia on the map.
6
Locate Aegyptus on the map.
7
Locate Mare Nostrum on the map.
10
Locate Italia on the map.
8
Locate Āfrica on the map.
3
Locate Britannia on the map.
4
Locate Germānia on the map.
2
What route, according to the map, did Julius Caesar use when he traveled from Rome to Gaul?
1 to 6
Locate Sicilia on the map.
2
Locate Graecia on the map.
3
Pompeii is on the map in the area numbered
1
Between what two areas on the map is the Adriatic Sea located?
1 and 3
Ancient Carthage is on the map in the are numbered
4
Hispania is on the map in the area numbered
5
The island of Sicily is on the map in the area numbered
2
Gallia is on the map in the area numbered
6
Britannia is on the map in the area numbered
1
What number on the map shows the location of Hispānia?
5
Gallia is on the map in the area numbered
6
Graecia is on the map in the area numbered
3
Sicilia is on the map in the area numbered
3
If a bird flew in a straight line from Hispania to Graecia, it would be flying
east
Britannia is on the map in the area numbered
1
The Tiber River is located in
Italia
Ubi est Germānia in pictūrā?
4
The eruption of what volcano buried the city of Pompeii?
Vesuvius
Traveling southeast from Rome to Brundisium, you would cross what mountain range?
the Apennine Mountains
Which Roman province was farthest west: Germānia, Hispānia, Aegyptus, or Āsia?
Hispānia
To sail across the Adriatic Sea from Italy to Greece, you would depart from the port at
Brundisium
The river important to the stories of Romulus and Remus, Horatius Cocles, and Cloelia was the
Tiber
Locate Pompeii on the map.
8
Locate Athens on the map.
5
Alpēs et Apennīnī et Olympus sunt
montēs
Locate Germānia on the map.
2
Locate Sicilia on the map.
1
Which town is NOT located in Italy: Pompeii, Carthage, Brundisium, or Ostia?
Carthage
Which mountains would a traveler cross if he were going from Rome to Brundisium?
Apennines
What mountain range is commonly known as the “spine” of Italy because it runs down the center of the mainland?
Apennines
A Roman merchant would have navigated down the Tiber River in order to set sail from the port of
Ostia
Herculaneum and Pompeii are located near which mountain?
Mt. Vesuvius
Which letter on the map to the right represents the Apeninnes?
C
Pompeii is on the map in the area located
3
Ubi est Brundisium in chartā geōgraphicā?
3
Which number on the map represents the location of the Tiber River?
3
On the map, identify which number represents Gallia.
2
What sea is indicated by the white star on the map?
Aegean Sea
Which number on the map indicates a Roman province acquired as a result of the First Punic War?
1
The Rhine River served as a boundary between the Roman Empire and Germany. On the map, which river is the Rhine?
2
Which number on the map indicates the island of Crete?
7
Gallia is on the map in the area numbered
2
Where on the map is Mt. Etna located?
2
Where on the map is the Nile River located?
2
What sea, indicated by a star on the map, did the Romans call Pontus Euxinus?
the Black Sea
The city of Troy is on the map in the area numbered
2
To which location on the map would a Roman travel to seek divine prophecy from the Pythia at the famous oracle of Apollo?
4
Pompey was defeated at the Battle of Pharsalus. Where is it on the map?
4
The poet Ovid was banished to Tomis on the shores of what sea pictured here?
Black
The sculptor Pygmalion lived on the Greek island of Cyprus. Locate this island on the map.
4
