Answer:The North Central Plains region is mostly rural grasslands and small towns with a few large cities. Most of this prairie land is thick grasses. There is also a cross timbers area full of hardwood trees. Farming is common here because of the fertile soil. So there are many kinds of crops grown in this region. There also commonly short prairie grass.
Explanation:
Well.. it didn't happen over night it takes time for hunter/gathers to build a civilization... But one reason is because technology got more advance and they started making tools (stone,copper,iron) then it kinda just happened populations grew and they needed to sustain life so they needed farms to feed everyone and the nomadic people found out new ways to make towns and civilizations.
I believe the answer would be France and the Soviet Union.