The major physical feature that the pioneers crossing West had to contend with were the Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains.
These mountain ranges were treacherous and many died trying to find passages to cross.
loyalists were american colonists who stayed loyal to the British crown during the American revolution.
Egyptians of the early times believed that if they have made the gods happy, the Nile River will continue its cycle of flooding. If the flood stops, they would believe that the gods are not happy with the people of Egypt. However, the flood continued for about 3,000 years. It made the Egyptian society be sufficient with food and their ways of life.
