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Detailed explanation-1: -The impact was most severe in the Caribbean, where by 1600 Native American populations on most islands had plummeted by more than 99 percent.

Detailed explanation-2: -The uneven biological and ecological impacts of the Columbian Exchange largely accounted for the divergent fates of Native Americans, Europeans, and even Africans after 1492.

Detailed explanation-3: -The spread of disease. Possibly the most dramatic, immediate impact of the Columbian Exchange was the spread of diseases. In places where the local population had no or little resistance, especially the Americas, the effect was horrific. Prior to contact, indigenous populations thrived across North and South America.

Detailed explanation-4: -Germs that brought disease had a huge impact as a result of the Columbian exchange (Walbert, 2008). Europeans brought smallpox and other diseases to the New World and diseases eventually killed off as much as 90 percent of the native population (Walbert, 2008).

Detailed explanation-5: -The Columbian Exchange was the term for the exchange of plants, weapons, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World. Their meeting with the Native Americans brought greater changes. The Europeans greatly benefitted from it, while the Native Americans were devastated.