Vertical integration, or the effort to control a variety of ecological zones where

different crops and animals could flourish, characterized the civilizations of

The correct answer is C) Mesoamerica.

Vertical integration, or the effort to control a variety of ecological zones where different crops and animals could flourish, characterized the civilizations of Mesoamerica.

Mesoamerica was the vast region of what today is the center of the Mexican territory until the southern states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, and parts of Guatemala, and Belize. The most important civilization that flourished in this region in prehispanic times were the Toltecs, the Olmecs, the Aztecs, the Mixtec, the Zapotec, the Teotihuacan, and the Maya.

The other options of the question were A) Bantu Africa. B) Pacific Oceania. D) Mesopotamia.