Indigenous populations in South America, who were autonomous over their lands, were affected by European expansion in that

a. they were exploited for their labor and dispossessed of their land for resources.
b. they made excellent military support.
c. their knowledge of local plants supplied much needed medicine for European expansion.
d. they were a powerful force of militant natives that fought off the European advances.


ANSWER:
a

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