People lived in the Americas for _____ before the arrival of Europeans.(1 point)

Question

Responses

a very short time, but there were no permanent settlements
a very short time, but there were no permanent settlements

over 1,000 years
over 1,000 years

about 100 years

Answer 1

The correct response is: over 1,000 years.

Indigenous peoples lived in the Americas for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, with evidence of human habitation in the Americas going back at least 15,000 years.