Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

• A. Native Americans
• B. Africans
• C. Cavemen
• D. Australians

Answer: (A)

Before Europeans arrived, the Americas were already home to diverse Indigenous peoples who had been living there for thousands of years. In North America, countless tribes and cultures thrived with their own languages, communities, and ways of life. In Central and South America, major civilizations like the Maya, Aztec, and Inca developed long before European contact. This broad group is commonly referred to as Native Americans in the U.S. context or Indigenous peoples of the Americas overall.

The other options don’t fit the context of pre-Columbian America: Africans lived in Africa, cavemen is a vague term for ancient humans not specific to the American continents, and Australians live in Australia.