Which was a geographic factor in the development of different ways of life among Native American groups?

A.

Desert climates required people who lived there to learn to farm with little water.

B.

The forests of eastern North America could not support large communities of native peoples.

C.

The Great Plains were barren with few animals to hunt, and people could not live there year round.

D.

The climate of the Pacific Northwest coast forced people to develop irrigation methods for farming.

Question

Which was a geographic factor in the development of different ways of life among Native American groups?
	
	
 
A.
	

Desert climates required people who lived there to learn to farm with little water.
	
 
B.
	

The forests of eastern North America could not support large communities of native peoples.
	
 
C.
	

The Great Plains were barren with few animals to hunt, and people could not live there year round.
	
 
D.
	

The climate of the Pacific Northwest coast forced people to develop irrigation methods for farming.

anonymous · Answer

A seems the likeliest answer, the only difference between it and D is that the Native Americans carrying out agriculture were not really based in the Northwest, but rather the Southwest. The Pacific Northwest is where Native Americans crafted dugouts for fishing.