1) which statement best explains why the clovis people disappeared? a) they overhunted the big animals that were their food source. b) they were killed in conflicts with earlier paleo-indians. c) they hunted animals that were killed by an ice age. d) they were killed by animals because of their inferior weapons. 2) which french explorer sailed down the mississippi river to the gulf of mexico? a) de soto b) la salle c) raleigh d) cartier 3) as a result of william pitt’s leadership, a) france gained an advantage in the french and indian war. b) britain gained an advantage in the french and indian war. c) american indian groups joined forces with the french. d) colonial militias assumed a greater role on the battlefield.

1- The correct answer is A. Clovis people disappeared because they overhunted the big animals that were their food source.

2- The correct answer is B. The French explorer that sailed down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico was La Salle.

3- The correct answer is B. As a result of William Pitt's leadership, Britain gained an advantage in the French and Indian War.

Explanation:

1- It is widely accepted that the Clovis people hunted mammoths: there are many sites where clovis tips have been found mixed with mammoth remains. It has been hypothesized that the extinction of the mammoth was the result of hunting by the clovis, but it is not proven and has been very controversial. It has also been hypothesized that the extinction of the mammoth caused at its time the dissapearing of the Clovis, as it was their main food source.

2- Rene Robert Cavelier de La Salle was a French explorer, famous for his incursions into North America, where he toured the region of the Great Lakes of the United States and Canada, and then the Mississippi River, exploring the territories located between the San Lorenzo River valley and the Mississippi delta, reaching the Gulf of Mexico.

3- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, was a British statesman, Minister of War during the Seven Years' War and its subsidiary French and Indian War, when he led his country to victory over France.

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your correct answer would be a

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