How did the rapid spread of disease aid the Europeans in their conquest of other lands, especially the Americas?
A) It killed off people who could have resisted Europeans.
B) It made the Europeans see their conquest as ordained by God.
C) It left native settlements without leaders.
D) It devastated native people's ability to subsist.
E) All of these are ways that disease aided Europeans.
E
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a. True b. False
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