Question

Which of the following best describes how humans most often depend on rivers to meet our needs? We depend on them to supply the minerals and ores that we use in trade. We depend on them to provide us with a supply of food and fresh water. We depend on them to supply the resources needed to operate power plants. We depend on them to provide the materials we need to build houses for shelter.

Answer 1

i think it is "We depend on them to provide us with a supple of food and fresh water."

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) We depend on them to provide us with a supply of food and fresh water.

The statement that best describes how humans most often depended on rivers to meet our needs is "We depend on them to provide us with a supply of food and fresh water."

Since the very beginning, humans have depended on rivers to survive. Rivers are a source of fresh water and food. Ancient civilizations such as Sumeria and Egypt settled in next to rivers. Sumer settled in the middle of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers in the Middle East region. Egypt settled in next to the Nile River in North Africa. And both civilizations became very prosperous.