Period 1 (1491 – 1607)
Key Concept 1.1: As native populations migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time, they developed distinct and increasingly complex societies by adapting to and transforming their diverse environments.
I. Different native societies adapted to and transformed their environments through innovations in agriculture, resource use, and social structure.
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A) The spread of maize
cultivation from presentday
Mexico northward into
the present-day American
Southwest and beyond
supported economic
development, settlement,
advanced irrigation, and
social diversification
among societies.
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B) Societies responded to the
aridity of the Great Basin and
the grasslands of the western
Great Plains by developing
largely mobile lifestyles.
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C) In the Northeast, the
Mississippi River Valley,
and along the Atlantic
seaboard some societies
developed mixed
agricultural and huntergatherer
economies that
favored the development
of permanent villages.
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D) Societies in the Northwest
and present-day California
supported themselves by
hunting and gathering, and
in some areas developed
settled communities
supported by the vast
resources of the ocean.
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