FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Question
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Which disease wiped out a significant part of the population of indigenous Americans?
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measles
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smallpox
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syphilis
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malaria
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Although smallpox had been com-mon throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia for centu-ries, 1 the Americas were unexposed. If smallpox was severe among the whites, it was devastating to the Native American. Smallpox ultimately killed more Native Americans in the early centuries than any other disease or conflict.
Detailed explanation-2: -They had never experienced smallpox, measles or flu before, and the viruses tore through the continent, killing an estimated 90% of Native Americans. Smallpox is believed to have arrived in the Americas in 1520 on a Spanish ship sailing from Cuba, carried by an infected African slave.
Detailed explanation-3: -It resulted in a genocide that killed about 500, 000 Native Americans.
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