How did the shift to farming affect Native American cultures? Select 2 that apply.
(1 point)
Responses
A. Farming encouraged native cultures to build more permanent shelters and communities.
B. The shift to agriculture led to a boost in immunity from diseases.
C. Agriculture provided a surplus of food, allowing for an increase in the population.
D. Farms took up space, which spread communities too thin to be interconnected and caused civilizations to wither away.
A. Farming encouraged native cultures to build more permanent shelters and communities.
C. Agriculture provided a surplus of food, allowing for an increase in the population.
The shift to farming affected Native American cultures in the following ways:
A. Farming encouraged native cultures to build more permanent shelters and communities. This is one of the effects of the shift to farming. Native Americans transitioned from a nomadic lifestyle to a more settled one as they needed to stay near their cultivated fields to tend to their crops. This led to the development of more permanent shelters and communities.
C. Agriculture provided a surplus of food, allowing for an increase in the population. Another effect of the shift to farming was the ability to produce a surplus of food. By cultivating crops, Native American societies were able to produce more food than what was needed for immediate consumption. This surplus allowed for population growth as it became possible to sustain larger communities.
Note: The shift to farming did not have a direct impact on boosting immunity from diseases (Option B) or causing civilizations to wither away due to spreading communities too thin (Option D).