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Why did Old World diseases devastate Native American populations?

A.Natives lacked immunity to diseases Europeans had long carried

B.Native diets were nutritionally inadequate

C.Europeans deliberately poisoned food supplies

D.Native medicines were stronger than European ones

Explanation

Core Concept

Millennia of Old World domestication had built European immunities; American populations had no such exposure, so epidemics killed on a scale with no parallel.

Correct Answer

ANatives lacked immunity to diseases Europeans had long carried

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