The cultivation of maize was important to people located in

people located in MEXICO

Explanation:

maize known as 'corn' was first cultivated in mexico in over 7000 years before spreading to other parts of the world. the cultivation of maize  served as a source of food for humans and livestock in Mexico

a)scientists

explanation:

the national defense education act had two main goals. the first one was to provide personal that was oriented to defense, including scholars, engineering students and so on. the other goal was to provide financial assistance for the students who would be enrolling at colleges and universities in the 1960s.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts