Apennines Teacher Resources

It wasn't just the great leaders of ancient Rome that shaped their civilization—the geography of the region played a major role as well. After first identifying major land masses, bodies of water, and city states on a map of Europe,...

In this moon worksheet, students answer questions about the lunar surface and identify the features of the moon on a moon map. They include craters, bays, mountains, seas, oceans and craters.

For this geography worksheet, students read an excerpt about the Etruscans who settled in an Italian city recently discovered. They respond to four questions about the excerpt that identify why the Etruscan people were ahead of their...

Young scholars process variety of information on how Italy became a nation, and answer series of short-answer questions on the topics discussed in class.

Physical map of the Apennine Peninsula (Italy) showing major cities (including cities with a population over one million), major landforms and waterways.

This Italian "Environmental Settings" site contains information about the Geological Substratum of Italy, Landforms of Italy, the Alps, the Po-Venetian Plain, the Apennines, the islands, the coastline, Climatic Conditions, Inland Waters,...

This is the introductory chapter of Morey's 1901 textbook on Roman History. It sets out the geography of Italy and the Italic tribes who lived there. The text is old, but surprisingly easy to read and packs in a lot of information.

In this article you read how the Romans begin to reclaim and expand their influence throughout the Italian peninsula. The Gauls destroy Rome, but after their retreat, the Romans rebuild and continue extending their power.

Physical map of Europe showing major landforms and waterways, including the Alps, the Apennines, the Urals, the Russian Heartland, the Pyrenees, the North Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea, and the Volga, Danube, Rhine, and Seine Rivers.

Map showing the various peoples of the Apennine Peninsula and Sicily at the time of the founding of Rome.

Map showing the road system across the Apennine Peninsula developed by the Romans during the early stages of their empire.