The highly organized communities of the Pacific Northwest prospered by relying on ritualized redistribution that ensured a wider availability of regionals resources. The communities were also practicing a way of living known as:
a. sedentism
b. domestication
c. foraging
d. transhumance
e. gathering
Question 2
In what area of North America did highly organized sedentary communities develop based primarily on coastal resources and without domesticated crops?
a. eastern North America
b. Northwest Coast
c. California
d. Great Basin
e. the Southwest
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