1. 12,000 years ago the nomadic ancestors of modern Native Americans hiked over a "land bridge" from Asia to what is now Alaska. Anthropologists and geographers have
divided these migrants and their descendants into "culture areas." What are "culture
areas"?
A. cold, flat, treeless regions near the Arctic Circle in present-day Alaska, Canada, and
Greenland
B. commercial goods, like knives and kettles, which some Native Americans came to
depend on
C. rough groupings of contiguous peoples who shared similar habitats and
characteristics
D. people who organized their lives around small ceremonial and market villages known
as hamlets

The best definition of "culture  areas" is:

A cultural area is defined as the way of a life of a particular people and the things that make up the environment.

According to the given excerpt, we can see that the cultural area of the Native Americans are narrated.

As a result of this, we can see the definition of a contiguous area which is shown to be the place of settlement by a group of people.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C

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C. Contiguous areas and similar habits.

Explanation: "Contiguous areas" refers to the geographic regions where groups settled. Culture includes customs and ways of life, such as how they get food, how they built shelter, common tools, language, religion, legends and art.

i think the answer is d.

i think it could possibly be b