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Lesson 7

Published on Mar 16, 2016

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Lesson 7

Setting the Stage Answers

#2 The Arabian Peninsula is part of the continent of Asia.

Egypt is on the continent of Africa.

#3 The two major vegetation zones in both

Egypt and the Middle East are desert and desert scrub.
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#4 Egypt is the largest of the ancient kingdoms.

Israel and Kush were similar to one another in size.

#5 The land west of Egypt is entirely desert.

There is no body of water to support life in this region.

#6 Ancient people were likely to settle near rivers or seas, which provided drinking water, transportation, and food such as fish

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#7 Kush was located on the Nile River between Egypt and central and southern Africa, which meant people from all three regions could bring goods to Kush to trade.

#8 Flat land provides a natural area for farming and herding.

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#9 Deserts provided protection from attack by invading armies.

They would have to carry too much water and supplies for the long trip
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#10 Because of the life-giving water and the yearly floods it was natural for them to consider the river as a god giving blessing on the Egyptians

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TOTAL SCORE IS 20