How Did the North/south Orientation of the Americas Affect the Unfolding

question 12

Multiple Choice

How did the north/south orientation of the Americas affect the unfolding of the Agricultural Revolution in that part of the world?

• A) Farmers in the Americas developed no grain crop that could sustain large populations.
• B) The successful domestication of large mammals by people in the Americas made crop domestication less important.
• C) Crops were slow to spread because they had to adapt to different climactic and vegetation zones.
• D) Agricultural innovations developed first in Mesoamerica and then spread north and south.

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