Asia and North America

North America and South America

Africa and Europe

Europe and Asia

South America and Africa

Egypt was geographically isolated giving it protection from invaders, whereas Mesopotamia lacked natural barriers and was under constant threat of invasion

Egypt was well-suited to the development of agriculture, whereas Mesopotamia lacked access to rivers and had a very arid climate

Mesopotamia was geographically isolated giving it protection from invaders, whereas Egypt lacked natural barriers and was under constant threat of invasion

Mesopotamia was well-suited to the development of agriculture, whereas Egypt lacked access to rivers and had a very arid climate

None of these answers are correct; geography affected Egypt and Mesopotamia in very similar ways

preventing the flooding of the Yellow River

universal public education and the establishment of social welfare

Confucian religious tradition

preventing invasion from neighboring barbarian tribes

preventing invasion from neighboring empires

Tigris and Euphrates

Ganges and Indus

Nile and Congo

Nile and Ganges

Euphrates and Danube

Until the 1400s, the Americas developed in cultural isolation from the rest of the world.

Until the 1700s, the Americas developed in cultural isolation from the rest of the world.

Interaction between the Americas and Eurasia was common throughout the classical era.

Asian traders in the Pacific preserved the interaction between the Americas and Eurasia until the arrival of European settlers in the 1400s.

Viking traders in the Atlantic preserved the interaction between the Americas and Eurasia until the arrival of European settlers in the 1400s.

llamas and alpacas

donkeys and longhorns

mules and water buffalo

oxen and bison

pigs and cows

Plains and grasslands

Valleys and floodplains

Hills and mountains

Deserts and floodplains

Hills and tundra

it was isolated by geographic features from other human civilizations

it was a highly militarized society that suppressed the surrounding civilizations

it focused heavily on defensive structures like walls and rudimentary castles

it had peaceful relations with neighboring tribes who feared Egypt’s great might

it had a fluid social structure that encouraged meritocracy and innovation