Standard 7.1.2: Identify Rome on a world map and discuss the geographic borders of the empire at its height and the factors that threatened its territorial cohesion.
SS Objective: The HHG Tributes of 2018 will be able to identify Rome on a world map and summarize the events of the founding of Rome.
DL Objective: The HHG Tributes of 2018 will be able to save a Google Doc, highlight and make comments.
Step 1: Submit your DO NOW in the comment section below.
What causes a country to conquer other countries?
Step 2: Look at the map below. This year, we will be studying each of the places highlighted in a different color. Can you figure out where Rome is?
Step 3: At its height, the Roman Empire extended to three continents. Your task is to use the internet to figure out which three continents it touched. Enter your answers in this form.
Step 4: Open this story, which tells the Legend of Rome’s Founding.
Step 5: Track Ms. Kelly while she shows you how to save the Legend in your Google Docs, highlight and make comments.
Step 6: Read the Legend of Rome’s Founding. As you read, you will consider the following questions:
Step 7: Read and annotate (annotation is the upper school way to say Thinking Tracks) your copy of the text. (To properly annotate, you need to highlight and comment.) [Reminder: Insert > Comment]
Homework:
What causes a country to conquer other countries?
- Use correct spelling and grammar. You need to use complete sentences.
- If you are having trouble, try to think about yourself as a ruler. Why might you want more territory? There is no right or wrong answer -- we are just brainstorming ideas!
- Once you have submitted your response, please read through your teammate’s responses.
Step 2: Look at the map below. This year, we will be studying each of the places highlighted in a different color. Can you figure out where Rome is?
Step 3: At its height, the Roman Empire extended to three continents. Your task is to use the internet to figure out which three continents it touched. Enter your answers in this form.
Step 4: Open this story, which tells the Legend of Rome’s Founding.
Step 5: Track Ms. Kelly while she shows you how to save the Legend in your Google Docs, highlight and make comments.
Step 6: Read the Legend of Rome’s Founding. As you read, you will consider the following questions:
- Who raised Romulus and Remus?
- Who was Romulus's and Remus's father?
- It says there was another version of the story. How is this possible? Isn't the past just the past, and what happened, happened?
Step 7: Read and annotate (annotation is the upper school way to say Thinking Tracks) your copy of the text. (To properly annotate, you need to highlight and comment.) [Reminder: Insert > Comment]
Homework:
- Have Parent/Guardian Sign Progress Reports for all classes.
- Finish reading and annotating the text if you need too.
- Then, show me what you know by answering these questions.
I feel as if countries are able to conquer other countries by winning wars, buying out the country or even just seizing them in place so they have no where to go and they become the other country's property
ReplyDeleteWhen the country has war against another country and, your country loses so they take over part of that land.
ReplyDeleteMore territory the better because you could have larger armies and your people could flee a area that in danger of their lives.
ReplyDeleteThey start wars and they they just say I dont want to fight and the other side says no then they just wants to start the war to see who will win
ReplyDeleteWhats causes rulers to conquer other countries is usually for power, control, and/or to become stronger.
ReplyDeleteSome leaders try to get more money,riches,and power so they try to take over & invade new land that belongs to others.
ReplyDeleteTo conquer other country you have to have better government, army, and ect. to conquer the other countries
ReplyDeleteI would want new territory so i can have a bigger empire with more people. This will help me spread my monothistic or polythistic ideas. Or if i want chaos my land is big enough to make people scared of me and spread that fear or love and peace.
ReplyDeleteWhat cause counties to conquer other land was wanting to rule so much land they lost control of all the land.
ReplyDeleteI would want to conquer more land because it will most likely make me a big ruler to people all around
ReplyDeleteThings that cause a country to conquer other countries are that they want more land, they want people to have the same religion or customs as them, or they don't like a certain person or ruler so they steal that persons land.
ReplyDeleteIt takes patience, planning, and strategy to conquer another country. You have to get him when a isn't expecting it, and break him down to were he has nothing left.
ReplyDeleteI think what causes a country to conquer other countries is the ruler because the more territory you have the more power you have and if you have a lot of power you can pretty much do whatever you want.
ReplyDeleteI think that other countries is because,some countries they get to learn the land of the countries and they know where to go and where to hide for different resources.I think that sometime that if you don't know the land then you wont be able to win any fights
ReplyDeleteWhat causes countries to take over other countries is for land,money,resources,freedom,or to expand their empire.
ReplyDeleteThe reason for a country wanting to rule over another country is because the ruler of the previous country wants to rule more land.
ReplyDeleteWars cause countries to conquer other countries
ReplyDeleteI think they conquer other countries after a war.
ReplyDeleteA country might want to conquer another country because they want more power. The country might be growing in population and they need more territory.
ReplyDeleteWhat causes other countries to conquer other countries is because the have issues with that person/ruler or because they want and/or need land.
ReplyDeleteWhen countries conquer other countries its because they might have more things than them and they want some.They also might want to trade items it more better things
ReplyDeletewhat causes it is if the don't have a good military system and if the always want to fight and they don't listen
ReplyDeleteA country will want to conquer another country so they can get more people in their land. They will want to rule over more people and get more power and popularity.
ReplyDeleteI think when a ruler has a battle with another ruler then that might cause a ruler to take over countries or if there protection system isn't all that great
ReplyDeleteIt causes them to be the leader of everyone and have more land.
ReplyDeleteWhat causes a country to conquer others is, the amount of power countries have.They feel like they are over others/above everyone, because they have the biggest country, have more stuff, or they are a better ruler.
ReplyDeleteShowing support to your cause and having a great military system
ReplyDeleteWhat causes it is the ruler might want more power or more land to rule over.
ReplyDeleteWhat causes other countries to conquer other countries is because they want more land to rule .
ReplyDeleteA country might conquer another country because their leader might want more land and wants to be the leader of more
ReplyDeletethey must have a good military system
ReplyDeleteThey conquer other countries because they want more land.They can also do it because they want more food or crops.They also can do it because they need more people or they need vitamins,minerals, and materials.
ReplyDeletewhen contries conquer other contries because they may be greedy and want a whole lot of power
ReplyDeleteIt is the wanting of power,respect,honor,and to be seen noble.
ReplyDeleteSelfish emperors might want more than one place to rule they could be after the entire world to rule.
ReplyDeletethe ruler taking over might kneed something and the other empire might have what they kneed.and they might feel they don't have enough territory so they might overrun the other empire to get more.
ReplyDeleteCountries conquer other countries because of bulling or to see whose best.
ReplyDeleteWhat causes countries to conquer other countries is because when they go to war that countries wins and they take the other countries and make it their own
ReplyDeleteIf they don't have everything they need to prepare with they will fail in battle.
ReplyDeletewhat causes it is the good or bad.
ReplyDeletewhen people got beef and don't like each other so they fight.
ReplyDeletethey always fighting they need a little bit more military they might wont more countries
ReplyDeletewhat cause a counrty to conquer other counties is because they may not have good ruler
ReplyDeleteI think people will do it because they wont more land.
ReplyDeletewhen they need something or have a propblem they go and solve it with there army or with out them it dependes
ReplyDeleteeathier people takin other peoples things or causing a argumet between the countrty
ReplyDeleteI think its when they go to war and they conquer other cities and capitals and then it spreads.
ReplyDeletethey do that because some other countries have more power because they military that are trained to kill.But the other countries get conqured because sometimes there are not prepared for so war they are caught off guard
ReplyDeleteIt's to get stronger and more powerful.
ReplyDeleteSheMya W. When the ruler of that country is weak another ruler comes along and takes over the country.
ReplyDeleteThey conquer each other in wars , they sometime take over and they also conquer each other by invasion.
ReplyDeletebecause they want to look better than the others because its bigger.
ReplyDeleteBriannaW-I think they conquer more land so they can have more crops,supplies,and protection.
ReplyDeleteThey might want a bigger space to fight and want more people.avery
ReplyDeletei think people will do it because they like the landscape and they would want to plant crops or use the land
ReplyDeletei think people took other peoples things so they could cause an arguement
ReplyDeletewhat cause a country to conquer other countries is that the people wont have a big land and not alot of space
ReplyDeleteThey have to fight for it then who won can have it
ReplyDeleteIf you had a good army then thats how you conqer them
ReplyDeleteDestiny.Brackett the people were fighting over the city.
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