Which statement best describes Great Plains Indian groups?

Which statement best describes Great Plains Indian groups?

• A. They lived in great plains and some followed buffalo migrations; others hunted but also farmed.
• B. They built large oceanfront cities.
• C. They relied entirely on fishing for food.
• D. They cultivated crops that required irrigation from river basins.

Answer: (A)

On the Great Plains, communities lived with diverse ways of making a living. Buffalo provided the central resources for many groups, so some communities were nomadic hunters who followed the herds as they moved. But other groups settled in river valleys and practiced farming, using irrigation where needed to grow crops. This mix—some groups roaming with buffalo migrations and others farming alongside hunting—best describes the variety of Plains Indian life. The other statements don’t fit the region: it isn’t known for oceanfront cities, it wasn’t based on fishing alone, and farming with irrigation wasn’t universal across all Plains groups.

On the Great Plains, communities lived with diverse ways of making a living. Buffalo provided the central resources for many groups, so some communities were nomadic hunters who followed the herds as they moved. But other groups settled in river valleys and practiced farming, using irrigation where needed to grow crops. This mix—some groups roaming with buffalo migrations and others farming alongside hunting—best describes the variety of Plains Indian life. The other statements don’t fit the region: it isn’t known for oceanfront cities, it wasn’t based on fishing alone, and farming with irrigation wasn’t universal across all Plains groups.