| Term | Definition |
| Apennine | Peninsula on which Rome is located |
| Italy | What the Apennine Peninsula is called today |
| Alps, Apennines | Two mountain ranges in Italy |
| Po, Tiber | Two rivers in Italy |
| Latins | The group that built Rome |
| Fine Arts | What area the Greeks influenced the Romans in |
| Legend | A story passed down from person to person, year after year until it is finally written down |
| Tunic, toga, sandals | three main articles of clothing the Romans wore |
| Wax tablet, stylus, books or scrolls | Main school supplies |
| Crop rotation | growing one kind of crop on a piece of land then growing another kind of crop on that same piece of lans |
| aqueduct | looks like a bridge. It carries fresh clean water to the cities |
| Plebian | farmer |