What is NOT an advantage that Europe had during the eras of colonization?

A) Western agriculture could sustain large, dense populations.
B) The West had a long history of metalworking.
C) Europeans had become highly skilled at building ships and navigating the oceans.
D) Europeans knew how to control diseases and unleash them elsewhere.
E) The West had discovered inanimate energy.


D

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