Understanding Geography's Effect on Settlement in Three Regions
Understanding Geography's
Effect on Settlement in Three Regions
Assignments you need to hand in: Label maps for each Information About Settlement in Mesopotamia, Egypt, & Canaan & Comprehension Questions in Step 3
Step 1: Environmental Factors on Settlement - Print out and read the handout: Information About Environmental Factors. Look at this picture below. Underline three of the most important pieces of information within the article and label an "X" on the included picture where you think human settlement (city or town) should be. (Hint: Consider possible weather, source for water, etc.)
Click HERE for a website on how geographic features influence human settlement of cities.
Step 2: Information About Settlements - Look at the pictures and read the following handouts, labeling the inserted maps as indicated in bold print:
Map of Ancient Egypt, Canaan, & Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian Plains and the Euphrates River
Information About Settlement in
Mesopotamia
The
Nile River
Information About Settlement in Egypt
Green
Valley in Jordan and the Negev Desert
Information About Settlement in Canaan
Step 3: Comprehension Questions - Answer the following questions considering each of the settlement areas:
1. Why did people settle at these sites?
2. What were the positive and negative aspects of these sites and how did the people overcome or deal with them?
3. How and why did these civilizations interact with one another or surrounding peoples?
Step 4: Video - Watch the following video as a supplement: Mesopotamia Trade Routes and Transportation
Supplemental
Materials:
Graphic Organizer
(Chauvette)