Question

Compare and contrast the native populations of present-day Mexico, the Great Plains, the Mississippi River Valley and the Pacific Northwest in terms of agriculture, resource use and social structure.

Answer 1

Maize Cultivation

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.

The spread of maize cultivation from present-day Mexico northward into the present-day American Southwest and beyond

supported economic development, settlement, advanced irrigation, and social diversification among societies.