PROMPT: “[This] Indian country was decentralized and diverse, but not disconnected. . . . Routes of trade and communication, most of them millennia old and following the great river systems, crisscrossed the continent. The goods that moved along them were, for the most part, few and rare. . . . Some closely neighboring people might exchange crucial resources—corn, for instances, for meat or fish.” Daniel K. Richter, historian, Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America, 2001 QUESTION: Which of the following most supported the development of the commerce described in the excerpt above? Maize cultivation spread northward from Mexico.
Native Americans constructed extensive road networks.
Native Americans in the Northeast of North America formed extensive empires.
Metal tools became valuable objects in Native American religions.