WorksheetsGeography and the Early Settlement of Egypt, Kush, and Canaan
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What three factors greatly affected where people settled?
a)
Water, Topography, and Vegitation
b)
Weather, Vegitation, and Fertility of Soil
c)
Sand, Rock, and Dirt
d)
Altitude, Weather, and Fertility of Soil
2.
How was water used in Egypt, Kush, and Cannan?
a)
Farming, bathing, drinking, and transportation.
b)
Drinking, punishment, bathing, and domesticating animals.
c)
Bathing and farming.
d)
Transportation, bathing, farming.
e)
Punishment, cleaning, drinking.
3.
Why did farmers prefer flat open areas to settle?
a)
So they can have wars.
b)
To farm.
c)
For easy transportaion.
d)
Natral shelter.
e)
To banish people.
4.
Why was it hard to farm in the moutians?
a)
There was too many peaks.
b)
It was too cold.
c)
All of the above.
d)
Neither.
5.
Why did people decide NOT to farm in the desert?
a)
It has Bad soil and very little water.
b)
it has too much water.
c)
It has bad soil.
d)
No reason.
e)
It was too hot.
6.
Why is the vegetation of a place important?
a)
For a stable food supply.
b)
More resources.
c)
All of the above.
d)
Neither.
7.
What role did the deserts play in the settlement of Ancient Egypt?
a)
They gave settlers building materials
b)
The water in cacti hydrated them
c)
There was a lot of wildlife to hunt
d)
It worked as a natural barrier from outsiders
8.
Where did the Egyptions and Kushites settle?
a)
In the Desert.
b)
In the mountains.
c)
On the nile river.
d)
Near the dead sea.
e)
On the Jordan river
9.
What were the benefits of the Mediterranean?
a)
It enabled transportation and fertile Farmland
b)
It made them Happier.
c)
It made their crops grow easier
d)
There was natural shelter
10.
What two things did the Nile River provide people with?
a)
Food and Rain
b)
Water and Fertile Land
c)
Shipwreck materials and Transportation
d)
A good veiw.
e)
Materials for building.
11.
Where did farmers establish their settlements?
a)
In the coastal plains near the nile river
b)
In the coastal plains near the jordan river
c)
In the mouitians
d)
In the sea
12.
Why did many people become herders, rather than farmers
a)
Because they like animals more
b)
The ground was too wet
c)
The ground was too dry
d)
The crops were difficult to grow there
13.
Why was farming in mountainous regions difficult?
a)
Jagged peaks, cold temperatures, and rocky land
b)
Not enought rain
c)
There was no space
d)
They were too lazy
e)
None of the above
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