TCI Chapter 7

What do we call the "shape and elevation of the surface of land"?

• topography

• anthropology

• geology

• zoology

Environmental factors affected where people settled in Egypt. Which of the following was not one of the factors?

• topography

• wildlife

• vegetation

• water

Which of the following is a picture of vegetation?

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Of the following, which is the best place for a new settlement of people?

• mountains

• desert

• flat plain

• island

In Egypt, early civilizations chose to settle around one specific geographical feature. What was it?

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The Nile River

• The Black Sea

• The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Ancient Israelites chose to settle in ____________.

• Egypt

• The Negev Desert

• Canaan

• The Lebanon Mountains

Which freshwater lake, located near Canaan, made living in the region easier?

• The Dead Sea

• The Sea of Galilee

• The Gulf of Aqaba

• The Great Bitter Lake

The _____________ _______________ flowed through Canaan, allowing settlers to hunt and fish along its banks.

• Jordan River

• Jericho River

• Nile River

• Tigris and Euphrates

The Jordan River Valley was _________ fertile than the Nile River Valley

• less

• more

• just as

When a region is "fertile" it is...

• dry, with little rain and poor soil

• temperate, with enough rain and soil to produce crops and vegetation

• unpredictable, with regular flooding and droughts

• cold, with plentiful snow and ice