Geography and Economy of Ancient

Rome

Discovery Education Techbook

Open OneDrive & Class Webpage March 6th, 2014

1. Open Map of Ancient Rome

2. Read Building the Roman’s Road

3. Answer questions

4. Save & Share

5. Download Roman Infrastructure

6. Roman’s Infrastructure video

7. Roman Inventions

8. Stop & Jot

Stop & Jot• How does knowing that many Roman roads still exist today, virtually

unchanged from their original form, help you understand the advanced state and quality of Roman engineering and construction?

• Why were roads so vital to the development of Rome’s economy and power?

• Why did wealthy people living in cities likely benefit much more from the road systems than less-wealthy commoners living in rural areas?

• How did Roman engineering practices influence new types of technologies? What were some of these new technologies?

• What were aqueducts and why were they so important to Roman society?

Stop & Jot• Stop at 0:45.

• How does knowing that many Roman roads still exist today, virtually unchanged from their original form, help you understand the advanced state and quality of Roman engineering and construction?

• Stop at 1:35.

• Why were roads so vital to the development of Rome’s economy and power?

• Stop at 2:48.

• Why did wealthy people living in cities likely benefit much more from the road systems than less-wealthy commoners living in rural areas?

• Stop at 3:16.

• How did Roman engineering practices influence new types of technologies? What were some of these new technologies?

• End of video.

• What were aqueducts and why were they so important to Roman society?

• Create an advertisement that highlights the importance of an ancient Roman innovation

• Rome exporter of influence video

• Add to list

• Evaluate