Aqueducts

=1. Questions (I wonder...?)=
 * **I wonder why the Romans made aqueducts**
 * **I wonder where the water in aqueducts comes from**
 * ** I wonder how many aqueducts there were **

= = =2. Inferences (I think that...because....)=


 * **I think the Romans made aqueducts so they wouldn't have to go get water all of the time**
 * **I think that the water comes from rivers and lakes that are near Rome**
 * ** I think that there is one big aqueduct that ran through Rome **

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= = =4. Summary= ===While researching about aqueducts, I learned why they were made, how many aqueducts there were, and where the water comes from. The word aqueducts comes from the words aque, which means water, and duct, which means carry. The Romans were the first to make and use aqueducts. They used them because of a fear that the enemies of Rome would poison their water supply. The aqueducts were actually not very complicated. They were just channels made in the rocks that drew water from the hills surrounding Rome. The hills supplied enough water so that each person in Rome could have one cubic meter of water every day. The final thing I found out is that there were a total of eleven aqueducts in Rome. The longest, Anio Novus, stretched a total distance of 59 miles across Rome. In conclusion, the Romans feared that their enemies would poison their water supply. So, they used aqueducts to get water from the hills that surround Rome. There were a total of eleven aqueducts and the longest one, Anio Novus, was as long as 59 miles.===

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Inforama: The Rome experts. Roman Aqueducts. Accessed October 4th, 2009 []
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