Question

According to the passage in Source 1, what was the benefit of physical features, such as rivers, mountains, deserts, plateaus, and seas for the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River Valley, and China?
A
The physical features provided protection from attack and disease.
B
The physical features provided natural resources for building homes.
C
The physical features provided fast and easy transportation routes.
D
The physical features provided fertile farmland to grow crops.

Answer 1

Answer:

uh

Explanation:

the different land features helped with agriculture and farming

Answer 2

Answer:

I would say A. protection from attack and disease.

Explanation:

They definitely did not provide fast or easy transportation routes.

they may have provided resources for building homes in some cases, but not in all cases such as the deserts and seas..

and they may have provided fertile farmland for crops in some places, but once again not in all of them such as the deserts and seas, and certain mountains as well.

so that leave protection from attack and disease, which any of them could very well do, because as stated, they were not easy means of transportation. any outside group of travellers or attackers would have to cross a large, rushing river, mountains, miles and miles of desert or plateau land, or an ocean, in order to reach whichever civilization is in question. none of these would be an easy journey on foot, and it'd likely not be worth it, or end up killing off most of the people trying to get there. therefore it would protect them from any newcomers bringing in new diseases their immune systems weren't used to, as well as from most attackers seeing as the attackers would likely end up exhausted, dehydrated, starved, and half dead already, if they made it there at all.... just my opinion though. ...