USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mesoamerican farmers had to move their farms from time to time because the ____ would wear out & couldn’t support farming.
A
cows
B
llamas
C
soil
D
muscles
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Why did farmers in Mesoamerica move their farms from time to time? As their families grew larger, farmers needed larger farms. Conquering armies confiscated their land and forced them to leave.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The environment influenced Mesoamerican peoples by determining which crops could support their various civilizations. Crops that grew successfully in Mesoamerican climates included maize, beans, and squash, meaning that these became the dominant crops throughout the entire area.

Detailed explanation-3: -A mix of political and environmental problems is usually blamed for the decline of Maya cities. Analysis of speleothems, or rock structures in caves such as stalactites and stalagmites, shows that “several severe-multi-year-droughts struck between [A.D.] 800 and 930” in the southern Mesoamerica region, Lucero said.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The Agricultural Revolution changed life in Mesoamerica by encouraging Paleo-Indians to settle down into sedentary lifestyles. Instead of roaming their entire lives, searching for big game, Archaic Mesoamericans began to built societies based around permanent settlements.

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