Ch 7 Flashcards
Ancient Kush
Kushites settled to the south of Egypt along the southern part of the Nile river.
Ancient Israel
The Israelites, later called Jews, settled NE of Egypt, along the coast of the Miditerranean Sea.
Environmental factors
It is important because it greatly affect early human settlement. They were water,topography, and vegetation
Water
Most important environmental factor in early human settlements was water. Fresh drinking water to drink.
Water to grow there crops.
Water was also used for transportation.
For Egyptians and kushites
Freshwater
Denial was a source of freshwater in an area that was mostly desert.
Every summer the River overflowed its banks Leaving suits Debbie fine particles of rock behind the soil was perfect for farming. What there was freshwater people are more likely to find fish to catch and animals to hunt. Some animals are fish ducks geese hippos crocodiles giraffes and ostrich
Topography
It refers to the shape and elevation of a land.
Farmers preferred to settle in flat, open areas such as plains and valleys. Thought Egyptians and Kush
Topography of the vivid Valley also encouraged human settlements. Flatlands were good for farming the plains were watered by yearly flooding
Vegetation
Plant life
Plants were source of food.
A climax with mild weather and regular rain is good for plant life.
Many aspects of physical geography affected vegetation. Kush and Egypt
Vegetation was rare in the dry desert but it was plentiful in Niles Rivervalley reeds and a tough water plant called papayrus grew.
Reeds were made into baskets and roofs for huts.
Papyrus was used for making rope and paper. Rich farmland was good for growing crops like wheats and barley.
The most important physical feature of Egypt and Kush was?
The Nile river
Info about Nile River
The Nile river was Bordered by the Libyan(to the west) and Nubian(to the east) deserts. The desert and river provided protection to people living in the Nile River Valley. The deserts had harsh hot climaxes and no one wanted to risk crossing them
What are 2 seas bordering Egypt and Kush
One is the Mediterranean Sea, it only borders Egypt to the north settlers couldn’t drink it’s salt water but it provides lots of fish and other kinds of seafood. It was also a waterway that link ancient Egypt to other civilizations. To the east of Egypt and Kush was a long channel very salty water called the Red Sea
The ancient Israelites
They settled in the canaan a diverse land along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea
Canaan’s physical features
plains and valleys hills and mountains deserts and bodies of water,
Water
Key environmental factor. The main source of fresh water was the Jordan water farmers found it easiest to live on miediteranans coastal Plains and near the Jordan river.
The land and soil were?
Where did people find it hardest to settle?
The hilly land and dry soil made farming and growing crops difficult. As a result, many people including the ancient Israelites became herders rather than farmers. The mountains and deserts.
Ancient Egypt
The Egyptians settled along the Nile River, in the NE corner of Africa.
Topography def
The shapes and elevation of surface features the landforms such as mountains or desert of the place of region
