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Duplicate of History Alive: Ancient World, Ch. 7-Geography of Egypt & Canaan
Duplicate of History Alive: Ancient World, Ch. 7-Geography of Egypt & Canaan
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1
What large body of water provided fishing, transportation, and trade?
Arabian Desert
Jordan River
Mediterranean Sea
Sea of Galilee
2
What physical feature was difficult to live in but provided protection from enemies?
mountains
valleys
deserts
jungles
3
How was the Jordan River different from the Nile River?
It was salt water.
It was home to many fish.
It did not have a strong current.
It did not flood regularly.
4
What affected where people settled?
Heat
Money
Environmental factors
Wars
5
What body of water provided transportation and trade but was too salty to drink?
Nile River
Dead Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Sea of Galilee
6
What did the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan River provide to people?
fresh water and fishing
silt from floods for good farming
protection from enemies
7
Which of the following is an element of ancient Egypt's topography?
the fertility of the soil
the length of the growing season
a river valley
a mild climate
8
What is a physical feature?
Airport
Church
Mall
Mountain
9
Because of this most important physical feature, early settlers lived ____.
near a river.
in a desert.
around trees.
on hills.
10
Canaan's western border was ___.
the Lebanon Mountains.
the Jordan River.
the Mediterranean Sea.
the Negev Desert.
11
Where did the Kushites settle?
along the northern Nile
in the Libyan Desert
by the Red Sea
on the southern NIle
12
How did Egyptian settlements benefit by being surrounded by desert?
It had plants sheep could graze on.
It offered protection from invaders.
It made trade and travel easy.
It had good land for growing crops.
13
Why were some people in Canaan herders rather than farmers?
The sun was too strong for farming.
The land was hilly and dry
The Dead Sea was too salty.
The ground was too cold for farming.
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What did papyrus provide?
Protection
Fish
Paper and rope
Silt
15
What is a LOCAL physical feature we have around where we live?
Forest Preserve
Mountains
Ocean
Desert
16
What physical feature provided drinking water, fishing, traveling, and flooded regularly?
Dead Sea
Nubian Desert
Nile River
Jordan River
17
How did the Nile River's flooding benefit people?
Floods helped leaders stay in power.
Floods left silt behind that was good for farming.
Floods kept Egyptians and Kushites away from each other.
Floods kept enemies away.
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Why is the Dead Sea not a good source to drink or water plants with?
Not enough water
The water evaporated
The salt dries things out
No fish
