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What mountain range is located on the Italian Peninsula (Rome's mainland)?
a) Alps
b) Appenines
c) Appalachains
d) Rockies

What river flows through the city of Rome?
a) Nile River
b) Po River
c) Tiber River
d) Tigris River

What island is located at the Southern tip of the Italian peninsula?
a) Sicily
b) Corsica
c) Sardinia
d) Madagascar

What mountain range is located North of the Italian peninsula?
a) Appalachians
b) Alps
c) Appenines
d) Rockies

What river is located just North of the Italian peninsula?
a) Euphrates River
b) Tiber River
c) Po River
d) Nile River

What sea is located South of the bottom tip of the Italian Peninsula?
a) Mediterranean Sea
b) Ionian Sea
c) Adriatic Sea
d) Tyrrhenian Sea

What sea is located to the West of the Italian Peninsula?
a) Mediterranean Sea
b) Ionian Sea
c) Adriatic Sea
d) Tyrrhenian Sea

What sea is located to the West of the islands of Sardinia and Corsica?
a) Mediterranean Sea
b) Ionian Sea
c) Adriatic Sea
d) Tyrrhenian Sea

What sea is located to the East of the Italian Peninsula?
a) Mediterranean Sea
b) Ionian Sea
c) Adriatic Sea
d) Tyrrhenian Sea

Who were Romulus and Remus?
a) opposing generals in a war
b) explorers on a famous river
c) the mythical founders of Rome
d) colonists from ancient Greece

Who first lived in the area that would become Rome?
a) Latins
b) Greeks
c) Etruscans
d) Macedonians

How can we still see the Etruscan influence in Rome?
a) buildings with arches
b) fields of bright flowers
c) large public courtyards
d) windmills to water crops

What is cuniculus used for?
a) to transport water
b) to entertain people
c) to fight enemies
d) to make land better for farming

From whom did the Romans adapt chariot racing?
a) Latins
b) Greeks
c) Etruscans
d) Egyptians

How did the Romans get their alphabet?
a) directly from the Greeks, who invented it
b) directly from the Etruscans, who invented it
c) from the Etruscans, who got it from the Greeks
d) from the Greeks, who got it from the Etruscans

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