Geography and Settlement of Egypt, Kush, and Canaan

Question 1

Which sea in Canaan was a freshwater lake?

Accepted Answer

Sea of Galilee

Question 2

Which of the following is not a reason why people needed freshwater?

Accepted Answer

protection because they were hard to cross

Question 3

A physical feature found in Canaan was the?

Accepted Answer

Syrian Desert

Question 4

Vegetation is?

Accepted Answer

plant life

Question 5

Why did the Nile River valley have better farmland than the Jordan River valley?

Accepted Answer

regular flooding made the soil more fertile

Question 6

Three environment factors that affect where Egyptians, Kushites, and Israelites settled were?

Accepted Answer

water, topography, and vegetation

Question 7

Which of the following was least friendly to early human settlement?

Accepted Answer

desert

Question 8

The ancient Israelites settled in?

Accepted Answer

Canaan

Question 9

What was the most plentiful type of plant life in Canaan?

Accepted Answer

grasslands

Question 10

The following image is an example of?

Accepted Answer

vegetation

Question 11

One of the ways that settlers used the Mediterranean Sea was for?

Accepted Answer

traveling to other places

Question 12

How did the desert help the people of Egypt and Kush?

Accepted Answer

gave protection from invaders

Question 13

The society along the Nile River, south of Egypt, was called?

Accepted Answer

Kush

Question 14

Which of the following was a physical feature in ancient Egypt and Kush?

Accepted Answer

the Nile River

Question 15

How did the Mediterranean Sea affect Canaan?

Accepted Answer

brought traders to Canaan

Question 16

The image is an example of?

Accepted Answer

topography

Question 17

The ancient Egyptians settled...

Accepted Answer

in the northeast corner of Africa along the Nile River

Question 18

Where were farmers in Canaan most likely to live?

Accepted Answer

along the Mediterranean coast

Question 19

Why were some people in parts of Canaan herders rather than farmers?

Accepted Answer

land was too hilly and dry for growing crops

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a body of water that touches the shores of the Arabian Peninsula?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic Ocean

Question 21

The most important environmental factor in early human settlement was?

Accepted Answer

water

Question 22

Where were farmers in Canaan most likely to live?

Accepted Answer

along the Mediterranean Sea

Question 23

Egypt was settled in?

Accepted Answer

3100 BCE

Question 24

An ancient farmer would have been most likely to settle in which of the following areas?

Accepted Answer

valley

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT a way the Nile River affected people’s lives?

Accepted Answer

protection from attackers

Question 26

The shape and elevation of the surface features of the land is?

Accepted Answer

topography

Question 27

How did the yearly flooding in the Nile River valley affect farming in Egypt and Kush?

Accepted Answer

left silt that improved the soil

Question 28

Which of these is an example of physical geography?

Accepted Answer

seas

Question 29

The ancient Egyptians settled?

Accepted Answer

northeast corner of Africa along the Nile River

Question 30

How did wild plants influence where ancient people settled?

Accepted Answer

all of these apply

Geography and Settlement of Egypt, Kush, and Canaan

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