Share Environmental Factors
Save to Folder
Which environmental feature provided early civilizations with water and fertile soil for farming?
Rivers
Why were rivers important to the growth of many early civilizations?
They provided water and fertile soil and could support movement and trade.
Which river was important to the development of Ancient Egypt?
Nile River
Ancient Mesopotamia developed near which two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
Which environmental features could make travel difficult and provide protection from outside groups?
Mountains and Deserts
Which activity involves people exchanging goods with one another?
Trading
Which environmental condition could damage farms and homes near rivers?
Flooding
What does fertile soil help people do?
grow crops
Which environmental feature is dry, has limited water, and can make travel difficult?
desert
What could civilizations exchange when they interacted with one another? just give one
ideas, knowledge, culture
