An area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river
What is the definition of Delta?
100
To live (drinking, bathing, and washing)For farming (irrigate crops)
Why do we need to have fresh water?
100
Flat, river valley, plains, deserts, mountains.
What is an element of ancient Egypt’s topography?
100
Too hilly, dry land.
Why did the people in Canaan choose to be gatherers instead of farmers?
100
SALTY!
You can read a newspaper in the dead sea because it is so....
200
The surface features of a place or region, such as mountains or deserts
What is the definition of Topography?
200
For food (fishing, water birds, hunting other animals) - freshwater and saltwater
Transportation (travel by boat to visit and trade - rivers are like highways- fresh and salt water
Why do we need saltwater?
200
Fresh water rivers.
What was the most important physical feature to ancient settlers in Egypt?
200
Mediterranean sea- Fish, travel, trade.
Write one why people benefited by living near each of the following features
200
HIGHWAYS
Rivers are like...
300
The plant life of a place or region
What is the definition of vegetation?
300
Physical features affect plant life-
Plants are a source of food
People could make products like rope, tools and medicine from plants.
How do physical features affect plant life?
300
The soil was made fertile great for farming.
How did the Nile flooding benefit the ancient Egyptians?
300
Nile river Fresh water for bathing, cooking, bathing, farming, traveling, trading
Write one why people benefited by living near each of the following features
300
NOOOOO THERE ARE MORE!
AM I RUNNING OUT OF QUESTIONS?
400
A person who moves from place to place with no permanent home
What is the definition of a Nomad?
400
Nile river, Mediterranean Sea, Jordan River, Sea of Galilee.
Which bodies of water are fresh water?
400
Protection against enemies.
What is the benefit for living around a desert?
400
Jordan river Fresh water for bathing, cooking, bathing, farming, traveling, trading
Write one why people benefited by living near each of the following features
400
An area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
500
A tough water plant used to make paper and rope in ancient times
What is the definition of a Papyrus?
500
The Dead Sea
Which sea is too salty to live by?
500
Jordan-Does not flood much. Steep banks Floods South.
Nile river- Floods alot. low banks. Flows north.
Contrast the Jordan river form the Nile river.
500
Sea of Galilee- Fresh water for bathing, cooking, bathing, farming, traveling, trading
Write one why people benefited by living near each of the following features