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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