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4.1.3 Quiz: The New World

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Europeans used the Mississippi and the Amazon rivers to meet their business needs, but what did they also carry to the native peoples?

A. Death through new diseases
B. A marked improvement in medical care
C. News of the Old World and its countries
D. Literacy and free thinking

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Europeans introduced deadly diseases like smallpox, measles, and influenza to Native Americans, causing devastating epidemics.


Explanation:

Europeans brought death through new diseases to the native peoples of the Americas due to their lack of immunity to diseases like smallpox, measles, and influenza brought from the Old World. This resulted in devastating epidemics that decimated up to 90% of the Native American population after European contact.


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