Vocab
Water
Topography
Vegetation
Random
100
Topography
The shape and elevation of surface features, such as mountains or deserts.
100
What are two ways people used water to survive?
Drinking water, to cook, a food source, to bathe and clean with, transportation, farming
100
List two physical features that are examples of topography in Egypt, Kush or Canaan.
Mountains, Hills, Plains, valleys, and deserts.
100
What are some examples of vegetation in Ancient Egypt, Kush and Canaan?
Trees, bushes, flowers, crops, reeds, grass
100
What are the three environmental factors that influenced where people settled?
Water, Topography, and Vegetation
200
Vegetation
The plants of a place or region
200
How did water help people trade?
People used rivers like "highways," making it easier to travel so they could trade.
200
Why did farmers prefer to settle in plains?
Plains provided large open space for their animals to roam and for their plants to grow. Also coastal plains contained fertile soil.
200
What aspects influence the vegetations of certain regions?
Climate and rain fall
200
While most of the people in Ancient Egypt and Kush were farmers, the people of Canaan were ____________.
Herders
300
Nile River
The longest river in the world, flowing through eastern Africa to a d delta in North-East Egypt.
300
Bathing and washing with clean water helped prevent __________.
Disease
300
How did deserts provide a natural barrier for the people of Egypt and Kush?
Few invaders wished to travel across the harsh conditions of the desert.
300
What were some products, besides food, people made with the vegetation around them?
baskets, tools, medicine, rope and paper
300
Why is the Dead Sea called the Dead Sea?
the water is so salty, nothing can grow in it.
400
Kush
A society along the Nile River, South of Egypt, from about 2000 BCE to 350 BCE
400
What river flowed through Egypt and Kush, helping them survive?
The Nile River
400
What was one benefit of living in an area with much vegetation?
Plants provide a good food source, plants could be used to create baskets, rope, and paper, and trees provided shade in the heat.
400
Why was Kush a large trading center?
Kush was center-located in Africa, and on the Nile River.
500
Canaan
A land northeast of Egypt. Settled by the ancient Israelis from 1800 BCE to 70 CE.
500
Which river provided the main source of fresh water to the people of Canaan?
The Jordon River
500
Why did people not settle in mountains?
Steep mountains were hard to cross, and jagged peaks, cold temperatures, and rocky land made farming difficult.
500
How did the grasslands of Canaan help the herders who lived there?
The grass fed their animals.
500
Which two deserts surround the Nile River?
Nubian and Libyan
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