Societies in the Great Basin and the Plateau regions were primarily:
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Correct answer: Highly mobile hunter-gatherers due to the scarcity of resources
The Great Basin's harsh, arid environment required people to be highly mobile, following the seasonal availability of plants and small game. They lived in small, kin-based groups rather than large permanent settlements.
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