Currently Available Evidence Has Shown the First Humans in the Americas

question 64

Multiple Choice

Currently available evidence has shown the first humans in the Americas

• A) arrived at least 15,000 years ago.
• B) came at least 725,000 years ago.
• C) arrived, according to genetic evidence, from Antarctica in 7219 B.C.E.
• D) came from the island of Honshu during the Egyptian Middle Kingdom.
• E) came from Polynesia approximately 1000 C.E.

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Definitions:

Downward Sloping

Describes a line or curve on a graph that shows a decrease in one variable as another variable increases, often used in economics to describe demand curves.

Demand Curves

Graphical representations showing the relationship between the quantity of goods consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices, typically downward sloping from left to right.

Own Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, holding all else constant.

Specific Tax

A tax that is levied as a fixed amount per unit of a good or service, rather than a percentage of the price.