What Role Did Disease Play in the Columbian Exchange

question 48

Multiple Choice

What role did disease play in the Columbian Exchange?

• A) The negative impact of disease was limited to the Indian population.
• B) New food products discovered in the Americas infected Europeans with previously unknown diseases.
• C) "New World" Indians were decimated by smallpox and other diseases brought by Europeans.
• D) The diseases brought by Europeans to the "New World" wiped out large numbers of native animal populations.

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