The population of the Americas dramatically declined following the arrival of Europeans primarily because of the
A) policy of systematic genocide employed by European explorers toward Native Americans.
B) enslavement and brutal treatment of Native Americans by Europeans.
C) lack of natural immunity among Native Americans to European diseases.
D) loss of morale and sense of hopelessness that pervaded Native American societies.
Answer: C
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