The Most Catastrophic Component of the Columbian Exchange Was ________

question 34

Multiple Choice

The most catastrophic component of the Columbian Exchange was ________.

• A) warfare
• B) syphilis
• C) smallpox
• D) tobacco
• E) malaria

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