| A | B |
|---|
| peninsula | land surrounded by water on 3 sides |
| Adriatic Sea | Located east of Italy |
| Tyrrennian Sea | Located west of Italy |
| Ionian and Mediterranean Seas | Located north and south of Italy |
| Alps | Mountains in northern Italy |
| Apennines | Mountains run north and south thru Italian peninsula |
| Mt . Vesuvius | Destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum |
| Coastal plains | Lowlands on each side of Apennines |
| Rome located on this river | Tiber River |
| Itally's most productive farming area | Po River Valley |
| Po River | River located in northern Italy |
| Separates Italy from the rest of Europe | Alps |
| Lower but rugged | Apennines |
| Roman Empire's peninsula | Italian |
| Italy's mountainous island | Sardinia |
| Italy's plateau island | Sicily |
| Mediterranean climate location | South of Po River |
| Continental climate location | Located in the Po Valley and north |
| Very warm summers, rain | Continental climate summers |
| Near freezing temperatures | Continental climate winters |
| Hot and dry | Mediterranean climate summers |
| Cool and rainy | Mediterranean climate winters |
| Pompeii destroyed | 79 AD |
