The Most Widely Accepted Theory About the Peopling of North

question 9

Multiple Choice

The most widely accepted theory about the peopling of North America holds that migrants

• A) crossed into North America from northeastern Asia during the last ice age about fifteen thousand years ago
• B) crossed the Atlantic from Africa, landing in Brazil
• C) were Pacific Islanders who sailed their canoes from settled islands to the west coast of Central America
• D) arrived from Scandinavia via Greenland

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