1. Geography of Egypt and Canaan

2. Environmental factors affect where humans settle and how they live

3. Environmental Factors
Topography
Farming (open, flat, fertile land)
Coastal plains and river valleys
2. Mountains and deserts- Not good for settlement; provide protection
Water
Drinking water
Bathe (stop disease)
Food (fish)
Grow crops
Transportation
Vegetation
Food
2. Shelter
3. Products-tools, rope, medicine….
4. Shade/ Make it pretty

4. • Why did you choose to settle in the place you settled?
• Positive aspects?
• Negative aspects
• If you had to move from your site, where would you go and why? H

7. Why were human settlements located in the places you selected? Water
Nile River
Fresh water(drink, bathe, food)
Natural Irrigation
Fertilization (silt)
Mediterranean Sea
Food (fish)
Transportation (trade route)
Red Sea
Not so great…salty, too hot desert
Transportation

8. Why were human settlements located in the places you selected
Why were human settlements located in the places you selected? Topography
Nile River Valley-Flat land
North… wide plains were watered by the Nile’s flooding
South…Flat land around the bends in the river
Deserts (Nubian, Arabian, Libyan)
Formed natural barriers to protect the people

9. Why were human settlements located in the places you selected
Why were human settlements located in the places you selected? Vegetation
Nile River Valley
Plentiful
Useful plants including reed and papyrus

10. Present day map of the Nile River

11. • Why did you choose to settle in the place you settled?
• Positive aspects?
• Negative aspects
• If you had to move from your site, where would you go and why? H

14. Floating in the Dead Sea

15. View FROM Israel looking TOWARDS Jordan

16. Present day Dead Sea- Rocks to upper left show 1978 shoreline

18. Satellite photos show salt evaporation and how the northern half of the Dead Sea is separated from the south end

20. Why were human settlements located in the places you selected? Water
Jordan River (didn’t flood)
- Food
-Water for irrigation
Mediterranean Sea
Transportation (trade)
Food
Sea of Galilee (Fresh water lake)
Food (fish)
Fertile land and water for irrigation

21. Why were human settlements located in the places you selected
Why were human settlements located in the places you selected? Topography
Flat land
Coastal plains by Mediterranean Sea
and near Jordan River
Desert and Mts.
Natural barriers

22. Why were human settlements located in the places you selected
Why were human settlements located in the places you selected? Vegetation
Most plentiful by Jordan River
Farming is harder- soil is rocky and hard, not fertilized by silt
People herd sheep and goats (nomads)

23. Ohio map- Where did people settle?