What happened when the peoples of the Americas came in contact with Europeans?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: The Indian populations suffered a decline because of contact with Europeans and their wars, enslavement, and especially diseases like smallpox, influenza, and measles. Never having encountered these diseases, Indians had not developed antibodies to fight them.
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a. providing tax breaks for poor Americans. b. creating a new era of scientific and social progress. c. reforming the nation's medical system. d. rebuilding the nation's transportation infrastructure.
The creation of New Spain, Spain's first empire in the Americas, was made possible by Cortés's defeat of the
A) Inca Empire. B) Aztec Empire. C) Mayan Empire. D) Tlaxcala Empire.
Winfield Scott, the Union commanding general at the beginning of the Civil War, favored a cautious, long-term strategy known as the ________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The work of the Dominican Albert the Great
a. included a study of nature using empirical evidence. b. drew on views of the universe based on his mystic experiences. c. rested on philosophy and a belief that to study nature was an arrogant attempt to understand the mind of God. d. was lost because he never had the opportunity to teach. e. furthered the influence of the Inquisition.