The correct answer to this question is A) populations in the Northwest used their bountiful natural resources for food and trade.
The statement that describes one of the ways that climate and environment affected the development of the civilization in North America was that populations in the Northwest used their bountiful natural resources for food and trade.
God weather conditions at that time favored the life of Native American tribes in the Northwest. Most of them inhabited the Pacific Coast. There used to be settlements since Alaska to the Northern parts of California. These Native American benefited so much from the bountiful resources for food. They caught salmon that was abundant in the region. Other kinds of fish were abundant too in the rivers. Fruit from trees and many plants were also part of the diet of the tribes. So it is true that one of the ways that climate and environment affected the development of civilization in North America is that Populations in the Northwest used their natural bountiful resources for food and trade.