What Occurred in the Centuries After Columbus's Arrival in the New

question 25

Multiple Choice

What occurred in the centuries after Columbus's arrival in the New World?

• A) Europeans were ravaged by new diseases.
• B) Native Americans were successfully cultivating the European crop of tobacco.
• C) Native Americans had developed a taste for sugar.
• D) The Apache and Sioux tribes were wiped out by warfare with European explorers.
• E) Roughly 90 percent of the Native American population perished.

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