Question

Some scholars believe that people from Asia arrived in the Americas about 15,000 years ago. According to this theory, what was the reason these people came?

A. Widespread disease drove the people away from Asia to the Americas.
B. Hunters pursued their prey across a land bridge into the Americas.
C. The earliest settlers came in search of better farm land.
D. The earliest settlers were escaping widespread war in Asia.

Answer 1

The best answer is B) Hunters pursued their prey across a land bridge into the Americas

15,000 years ago, a land bridge still existed between between Northeast Asia and modern-day Alaska. Hunters likely pursued their food-source across this land bridge into North America. C could be the answer, but remember that there was not well-developed agriculture at this time in human history.