What Key Development Had to Occur Before Southwestern Populations Could

question 27

Multiple Choice

What key development had to occur before southwestern populations could grow and expand?

• A) The League of the Iroquois had to be defeated.
• B) A more drought-resistant strain of maize had to be introduced.
• C) The Ice Age had to end.
• D) The Wooly Mammoth had to be eliminated.
• E) Elaborate canals had to be built.

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