How did water affect people's choice of where to settle?

water source for crops, bathing and cleaning clothes

How did topography affect peoples choices of where to settle?

The high grounds such as the mountains that gave them high land. low land was where the water was.

How did vegetation affect peoples choices of where to settle?

It affected it by if there was lots of plants which would be found by the Nile rivers delta. Plants were a source of food.

Name the area where the kushites settled.

Nubia is where the kushites settled.

What is the difference between the Mediterranean sea and the sea of Galilee.

The Mediterranean sea is much larger than the sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean sea was larger so it helped them have a larger area.

Why do you think the dead sea was named the dead sea?

Nothing could live around it. It had salt water and no plants could live by it.

What was the difference between the Nile river valley and the Jordan river valley.

The Nile flooded more than the Jordan river and the Nile was longer and flowed north to the Mediterranean sea and the Jordan flowed south.

The shape and elevation of surface features, such as mountains or desserts, of a place or region.

The longest river in the world, flowing through eastern Africa to a delta in northeastern Egypt.

Low wetland and good for growing crops.

A society along the Nile River, South of Egypt, from about 2000 B.C.E to 350 C.E.

A land northeast of Egypt, settled by the ancient Israelite's, from about 1800 B.C.E to 70 C.E.

A nation in northeast Africa, first settled around 3100 B.C.E.

The plants of a place or region.

A body of water north of Africa.

A river in southwest Asia that flows from the Lebanon Mountains, south through the sea of Galilee, into the Dead Sea.

A freshwater lake and had plentiful fish and fertile land.

It was salty, nothing grew in it, not even plants.

Land having a very warm temperature and covered in sand.

A large massive elevation of earths surface.

The weather conditions in an area in general or over a long period of time.

A plant that is turned into paper that is token out from the inside.

A person that lives by traveling from place to place.

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Ancient egypt

Geography

Question	Answer
How did water affect people's choice of where to settle?	water source for crops, bathing and cleaning clothes
How did topography affect peoples choices of where to settle?	The high grounds such as the mountains that gave them high land. low land was where the water was.
How did vegetation affect peoples choices of where to settle?	It affected it by if there was lots of plants which would be found by the Nile rivers delta. Plants were a source of food.
Name the area where the kushites settled.	Nubia is where the kushites settled.
What is the difference between the Mediterranean sea and the sea of Galilee.	The Mediterranean sea is much larger than the sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean sea was larger so it helped them have a larger area.
Why do you think the dead sea was named the dead sea?	Nothing could live around it. It had salt water and no plants could live by it.
What was the difference between the Nile river valley and the Jordan river valley.	The Nile flooded more than the Jordan river and the Nile was longer and flowed north to the Mediterranean sea and the Jordan flowed south.
Topography	The shape and elevation of surface features, such as mountains or desserts, of a place or region.
Nile River	The longest river in the world, flowing through eastern Africa to a delta in northeastern Egypt.
Nile Delta	Low wetland and good for growing crops.
Kush	A society along the Nile River, South of Egypt, from about 2000 B.C.E to 350 C.E.
Canaan	A land northeast of Egypt, settled by the ancient Israelite's, from about 1800 B.C.E to 70 C.E.
Egypt	A nation in northeast Africa, first settled around 3100 B.C.E.
Vegetation	The plants of a place or region.
Mediterranean sea	A body of water north of Africa.
Jordan River	A river in southwest Asia that flows from the Lebanon Mountains, south through the sea of Galilee, into the Dead Sea.
Sea off Galilee	A freshwater lake and had plentiful fish and fertile land.
Dead Sea	It was salty, nothing grew in it, not even plants.
Marsh	Wetland and lowland flooded.
Desert	Land having a very warm temperature and covered in sand.
Mountain	A large massive elevation of earths surface.
Climate	The weather conditions in an area in general or over a long period of time.
Papyrus	A plant that is turned into paper that is token out from the inside.
Nomadic	A person that lives by traveling from place to place.

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