The entire way of life for American Indians on the Great Plains, from their food to their housing, was centered around which major natural resource?

The large forests that provided wood for longhouses.

The ocean, which offered whales and seals for hunting.

The vast herds of buffalo that grazed on the grasslands.

The rivers that were filled with salmon for most of the year.

What was a major result of some early American groups learning to grow crops like corn and beans?

They had to travel more often to find water.

They were able to build permanent villages.

They stopped hunting animals completely.

They began building homes from ice and snow.

They were separated by large oceans.

They adapted to the unique environments and resources where they settled.

They learned all their skills from a single, ancient civilization.

Each group chose a different leader who set new rules.

They hunted large sea mammals along the coast.

They built canoes to fish in large lakes and rivers.

They relied only on gathering wild berries and nuts.

They learned to grow crops like corn by building irrigation ditches to manage water.