Maize cultivation in North America was the result of __________
A. independent domestication of maize in the eastern woodlands region
B. diffusion of maize varieties northward from Mexico
C. regular contacts with maize agriculturalists who crossed the Atlantic from West Africa
D. independent domestication of maize in the "corn belt" of the Midwestern United States
Answer: B
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