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Why did the Inuit mostly eat meat?

A: The climate where they lived was too hot to grow plants.
B: The soil was frozen all year so there weren't many plants.
C: They didn't have irrigation systems for watering crops.
D: They didn't like the taste of corn, beans, and squash.

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B. The soil was frozen all year so there weren’t many plants
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Answer: B. The soil was frozen all year so there weren't many plants.

Explanation: Inuits live very close to the Arctic, where the ground rarely thaws enough to allow plants (let alone crops) to grow, so their diet consists mostly of meat.

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