Question

The migration of cultivable plant forms that furnished nutrition sources to the northern and eastern regions took place through human agency. Somewhere to the south and west of their historic seats the Iroquois had become farmers through acquisition of seed maize, squashes, gourds, beans, and tobacco. Kroeber suggests that they may even be “fragmentary remnants from the Mound Builder days of heavier population and quasi-states. If there were such days, and it seems there were, it may well have been the introduction of agriculture that made their state system possible.”

- The Iroquois, a Study in Cultural Evolution

Based on this excerpt, which of the following statements is true of the Iroquois?

Answer 1

Answer: Based on the excerpt provided, the following statement is true of the Iroquois:

The Iroquois adopted agriculture and acquired crops like maize, squashes, gourds, beans, and tobacco through human agency, specifically by migration and acquisition of seeds. This transition to agriculture allowed them to become farmers.

The excerpt also suggests that the Iroquois may have been remnants of a previous culture known as the Mound Builders, and their adoption of agriculture might have contributed to the development of their state system.

Explanation: :)