A: The climate where they lived was too hot to grow plants.
B: The soil was frozen all year so there weren't many plants.
C: They didn't have irrigation systems for watering crops.
D: They didn't like the taste of corn, beans, and squash.
Answer: B. The soil was frozen all year so there weren't many plants.
Explanation: Inuits live very close to the Arctic, where the ground rarely thaws enough to allow plants (let alone crops) to grow, so their diet consists mostly of meat.
