Question

How did mountain ranges affect the way people lived in the americas?

Answer 1

They make the transportation more difficult by having lots of rain, having deserts in their rain shadow, provide urban water supplies and are the homes to indigenous people.

Answer 2

Answer:

Like these are difficult to cross, separating the coastal plains near the Pacific Ocean from the eastern plains that extend into the Atlantic Ocean make communication between populations difficult.

Explanation:

As it is difficult to cross them, it is difficult to trade goods or supply them in a war. This type of population ends up being isolated from the world around them.