Ch 7 The Geography of Egypt, Kush and Canaan

Question 1

Name three environmental factors that influenced where ancient civilizations settled.

Answer 1

Water, Topography, and Vegetation

Question 2

The shape of the land; how rugged or flat it is; how dry or fertile the land is

Answer 2

Topography

Question 3

Name 4 or more reasons water was the most important environmental factor

Answer 3

For Drinking
For Bathing, to prevent disease
For Cooking
As a food source; fish, water birds, other animals that use  the water 
Transportation & Trade
Irrigation for crops

Question 4

Which civilization settled northeast of Egypt and where did they settle?

Answer 4

The Hebrew civilization settled in Canaan

Question 5

What does VEGETATION mean?

Answer 5

plant life; the plants of a place or region

Question 6

The Nile River, Africa’s longest, flows from south to north and empties into what larger body of water?

Answer 6

The Mediterranean Sea

Question 7

What geographical feature borders Canaan to the north?

Answer 7

The Lebanon Mountains

Question 8

How is the Jordan River different from the Nile River?

Answer 8

The Jordan River didn’t flood regularly like the Nile River.

Question 9

What was a benefit of the Nile River flooding annually?

Answer 9

Rich deposits of silt were left from the floods which was good for farming in the Nile River Valley.

Question 10

True or False: some people in Canaan were herders rather than farmers because the land was hilly and dry.

Answer 10

True.

Question 11

Sediment deposited at the mouth of a river

Answer 11

Delta

Question 12

The study of the Earth’s physical features

Answer 12

Geography

Question 13

A water plant used to make rope and paper

Answer 13

Papyrus

Question 14

Adding plant food to soil

Answer 14

Fertilization

Question 15

A person who wanders from place to place

Answer 15

Nomad

Question 16

True or False: the Red Sea was useful to the Egyptians and Kushites because it was actually a fresh water sea.

Answer 16

False. The water of the Red Sea was too salty to drink or irrigate crops but the Red Sea was useful for transportation.

Question 17

True of False: The Jordan River was freshwater and useful for drinking, irrigating crops, and fishing.

Answer 17

True.

Question 18

True or False: the Sea of Galilee was so salty that nothing could live in it.

Answer 18

False. The Sea of Galilee is actually a freshwater sea. The Dead Sea, the world’s saltiest body of water, is so salty that nothing can live in it.

Question 19

What was one benefit of the Mediterranean Sea for the people of Egypt and Canaan?

Answer 19

It was useful for travel (and trade). It provided food, too (fish/water fowl)

Question 20

Give one benefit of living near (not in) a desert

Answer 20

Deserts provided natural protection from enemies. They were large, hot and dry and very few invaders wanted to cross them.