What Happened to the Population of the Americas as a Result

question 134

Multiple Choice

What happened to the population of the Americas as a result of contact with Europeans?

• A) The population stayed relatively stable.
• B) It is estimated that 80 million native people of the Americas died in the first 150 years after contact with Europeans, due to disease, war, and enslavement.
• C) Many native inhabitants of South America moved to West Indian islands.
• D) The native population increased from 2 million to 20 million.
• E) Many Native Americans moved to Europe.

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Definitions:

SST

Sum of Squared Total, a measure used in statistics to quantify the variance within a set of observations.

Coefficient Of Determination

The Coefficient of Determination, denoted as R², measures the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s).

Dependent Variable

A variable in an experiment or model that is expected to change in response to changes in independent variable(s).

Independent Variable

A variable that is manipulated or categorized in an experiment or study to observe its effect on a dependent variable.