Enviromental Factors
Early Settlement of Egypt and Kush
Early Settlement of Canaan
Overview
Review
100
This environmental factor is the plants of a place or region.
What is vegetation?
100

Which physical feature was so important to both ancient settlers in Egypt and Kush that they settled right next to it?

What is the Nile River?

100

Canaan's western border was what body of water?

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

100

How was the Jordan River different from the Nile River?

The Jordan River did not flood regularly

100

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! What do archeologists do?

Study artifacts

200

This is the shape and elevation of the land (mountains, hills, valleys).

What is topography?

200
This is where the Kushites settled.
Where is the region west of the southern part of the Nile River?
200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Because the land was hilly and dry, Canaan were this rather than farmers. What were they? 

Herders and nomads.

200

How did ancient Egyptians and Kushites benefit when the Nile River flooded?

The floods left silt behind that was good fertilizer for farming.

200

What form of writing was used by Mesopotamians?

Cuneiform

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Name the three environmental factors people considered when settling?

What is water, topography, and vegetation?

300

How did ancient Egyptian settlements benefit by being surrounded by desert?

The desert offered protection from invaders

300

The Mediterranean Sea and rivers created what important things for moving goods in and out of Canaan?

Trade routes

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! What language did the word "Canaan" originate from?

What is the Hebrew language?

300

What form of writing was used by Mayans?

Glyphs

400

This was an element of ancient Egypt's topography:

a mild climate, a river valley, the fertility of the soil, OR the length of the growing season

What is a river valley?

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! What useful vegetation along the Nile was used by the Egyptians for writing?

Reeds and papyrus

400
This river was the most important water source for people in Canaan.
Where is the Jordan River?
400

What is the most important difference between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Galilee? 

The Mediterranean is salt water and the Sea of Galilee is fresh water.

400
What two rivers were surrounding Mesopotamia?
What are the Euphrates an Tigris River?
500
Trees, bushes, flowers, grass, and reeds, go under which one of the three environmental factors?
What is vegetation?
500
How did the Nile River help farmers?
The river flooded its banks every summer and created fertile valleys of soil.
500
What is a nomad?
A nomad is someone who wandered from place to place in search of good land.
500

Where is the name of the wedge-shaped piece of land at the mouth of the Nile River?

The Nile River Delta

500

Who first conquered the Sumerians?

Who are the Akkadians?

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