Latin 1 > Geography

Communication

Reading for Understanding

• Read simple phrases or sentences using the Latin place names such as Roma, Ostia, Neapolis, Italia, Hispania, Britannia, etc.

Using Oral and Written Language for Understanding

• Locate on a map the major countries, towns, cities, islands, rivers, and mountains of Italy and the Roman world.
• Respond to simple questions about the locations of major geographical features.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices, and Products

• Discuss the location and the importance of the Via Appia.
• Understand the elements of travel in the Roman world, such as vehicles, lodging, distance, and dangers of the road.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

• Relate geographic locations of the Roman world to the modern political map.

Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons

• Compare the growth of Rome and the Roman empire to the colonies and the United States.
• Produce English derivatives from place names.

Communication Across Communities

• Recognize the influence of Roman geography upon our society, such as cartography and modern American place names.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

• Abbreviations, expressions, and mottoes, such as omnes viae ducunt Romam, regina viarum, and terra firma
• Place names such as provincia, villar urbana, villa rustica, and villa maritima
• Names of cities and countries, such as Carthago, Athenae, Gallia, etc.
• Pompeiian vocabulary such as Pompeii, Neapolis, Mons Vesuvius, etc.
• Interrogatives, such as Ubi, num, nonne, and -ne

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