Native American Societies Before European Contact

AP US History· difficulty 3/5

Estimates of the Native population in the Americas in 1491 typically range from

A
$Approximately 50-100 million$
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B
$Approximately 1-5 million$
C
$Fewer than 1 million$
D
$Approximately 5-15 million$

Explanation

Estimates vary, but most scholars now believe pre-contact populations were tens of millions, possibly comparable to Europe.

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