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Why did American Indians who lived in dry areas make knives from flint rather than slate?

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The correct answer is B. Slate was more common in wet microclimates.

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Slate is much more commonly found in wet areas, especially around rivers in the United States, so it wouldn't be very available to Natives who were more inland.
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