Why Are Lower Settler Mortality Rates in Former Colonies Associated

question 66

Multiple Choice

Why are lower settler mortality rates in former colonies associated with higher levels of economic development today?

• A)Where climate allowed colonial settlers to survive,settlers set up social,political,and economic institutions conducive to economic growth.
• B)Former colonies with tropical climates attracted European settlers,who were able to help treat tropical diseases,increasing the productive capacity of the colony.
• C)More Europeans moved to colonies with temperate climates,where they could more easily survive,allowing settlers to more easily extract resources from the colony.
• D)Former colonies where European settlers were most likely to die from diseases are the countries that now have the highest rates of economic growth.

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