How Did Europeans' Impact on Native Americans Affect Their Relations

question 14

Multiple Choice

How did Europeans' impact on Native Americans affect their relations with Africans in the sixteenth century?

• A) The success of the effort to convert Native Americans in large numbers prompted them to attempt the same thing in Africa.
• B) The near eradication of Native populations from European disease contributed to the decision to import African slaves to work on sugar plantations in the Americas.
• C) After dealing with indigenous people's hostility, the Spanish and Portuguese believed Africans would be tractable and easier to manage.
• D) Europeans learned that converting Indians was too difficult, so they imported West Africans who were already Catholic.

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