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Question
The germs of which disease paved the way for Europe’s conquest of America in the later half of the sixteenth century?
Options
Cholera
Smallpox
Jaundice
Malaria
MCQ
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Solution
Smallpox
Explanation:
Native Americans lacked resistance to smallpox, which lowered and weakened their population. This cleared the path for European conquest.
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