What effect did geography have on the transmission of culture and the development of states in the Americas?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Geography of the Americas
1. shape of the American hemisphere slowed diffusion of culture and crops
a. had to travel across climate zones through the narrow, centralcontinental funnel
b. great rivers flow east and west from the mountain spines that run up and down the Americas
c. only the Mississippi traverses much distance from north to south
2. isolation could be overcome
a. isolation did not prevent civilizations from developing in the Andean region
b. parallel with those of Mexico and Central America
c. took advantage of the different ecosystems
3. North America had nothing comparable
a. mountains of the north not placed as well as in the south
b. did not have the biological diversity
c. Rocky Mountains presented a more favorable environment
1. provided a habitat for the bighorn sheep
2. humans in this area preferred to exploit abundant low-altitude game
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