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12 Cards in this Set
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What is an element of ancient Egypt’s topography? |
Desert and river valley |
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What was the most important physical feature to ancient settlers in Egypt? |
The Nile River |
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Contrast the Jordan River from the Nile River. |
The Jordan River did not flood but the Nile River did |
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How did the Nile flooding benefit the ancient Egyptians? |
It left behind silt which made the land fertile and good for farming |
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What was the benefit of being surrounded by a desert? |
Protection from invaders |
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Why did people in Canaan choose to be herders instead of farmers? |
The land was very hilly and dry |
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What are the benefits of living near the Mediterranean Sea? |
Salt water body, good for traveling/trading, fishing |
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What are the benefits of living near the Nile River? |
Fresh water for drinking, cooking, bathing, fishing, traveling/trading, hunting animals that came to drink, water for crops, flooded and left silt for good farmland |
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What are the benefits of living near the Libyan and Arabian Desert? |
Protection from invaders |
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What are the benefits of living near the Red Sea? |
Salt water body, good for traveling/trading, fishing |
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What are the benefits of living near the Sea of Galilee? |
Freshwater for drinking, cooking, bathing, fishing, traveling/trading, hunting animals that came to drink, water for crops |
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What are the benefits of living near the Jordan River? |
Freshwater for drinking, cooking, bathing, fishing, hunting animals that came to drink, water for crops |
