FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Question
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The population was mostly men since they could resist the Europeans.
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The population was greatly reduced because so many people were enslaved.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The effect of slavery in Africa Other states were completely destroyed and their populations decimated as they were absorbed by rivals. Millions of Africans were forcibly removed from their homes, and towns and villages were depopulated. Many Africans were killed in slaving wars or remained enslaved in Africa.
Detailed explanation-2: -Men, women and children were separated, families being torn apart. Overcrowding, poor diet, dehydration and disease led to high death rates. 450, 000 of the 3.4 million Africans transported in British ships died on the Atlantic crossing.
Detailed explanation-3: -Consistent with the historic evidence, the data indicate that the effects of the slave trades are through ethnic frac-tionalization, weakened states, and a decline in the quality of domestic institutions.