Question

The map shows the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

A map of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. A key shows the Roman Republic, 44 B C E in purple, the Roman Empires, 117 C E in green and Modern borders with black lines. Purple shaded areas include the coast along central north Africa, most of Spain and Portugal, France, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, the coast land from Italy southeast to the Aegean Sea, parts of Turkey. Green shaded areas include: northern Spain, England, central European countries east of Italy, the rest of Turkey and eastward, the east and west coast of North Africa.

What area was dominated by the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire?

East Asia
northern Europe
the Atlantic coast
the Mediterranean region

Answer 1

D

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Answer 2

The correct answer is D. The Mediterranean Region.

Explanation.

According to what is described in the fragment of the question and the map, the purple areas correspond to the territory of the Roman Republic and the green areas correspond to the territory of the Roman Empire. As described in the fragment, the Mediterranean region that includes areas such as the north coast of Africa, much of Europe including countries such as Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, and other countries in Europe to the north of Greece is the region in which both the republic and the empire had territorial dominion as these zones are colored with both green and purple. So, the correct answer is D. Mediterranean Region.