Geography
The Nile River Valley
The Nile River Valley
Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea
Canaan
100
This is the river known as the "lifeblood" of Egypt, and treated as a god.
What is the Nile River?
100
One of the ways settlers used the Mediterranean Sea was for?
What is catching fish.
100
Why were some people in parts of Canaan herders rather than farmers?
What is the land was hilly and dry.
200
Which of these words best describes the environment of the Nile Delta?
What is marsh.
200
What body of water does the Nile River flow into?
What is the Mediterranean Sea.
200
The part of Canaan with the most vegetation was?
What is near the Jordan River.
300
Because one physical feature was so vital to ancient settlers of Egypt and Kush, most of their settlements were?
What is near a river.
300
Unlike the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, the Sea of Galilee was?
What is a source of fresh water.
300
Which best describes herders in Canaan?
What is they lived a nomadic life.
400
The name and for the plant Egyptians used for making various items, including a paper-like material:
Acceptable answers:
What is papyrus?
400
What was “dead” about the Dead Sea?
What is it was too salty for any form of life.
400
What was the key environmental factor in Canaan?
What is water.
500
Explain how the use of papyrus contributed to the culture of the Nile River Valley and Egyptian civilization.
The papyrus that grew along the Nile was made into a paper-like material that allowed scribes to write in hieroglyphics about their laws and customs.
500
In your own words, describe the importance of the Mediterranean Sea?
Answers will vary but mention trade or travel.
500
Which river flowed down the middle of Ancient Canaan?
What is the Jordan River.