Which of the following was the greatest short-term effect of Spanish colonization on American Indians?
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Responses
It sharply decreased their population.
It sharply decreased their population.
It opened them to European ideas.
It opened them to European ideas.
It gave them new crops to grow.
It gave them new crops to grow.
It led to their disappearance from the Americas.
It sharply decreased their population.
What was the main cause of death among African captives being transported from the Americas on slave ships?
(1 point)
Responses
Captives were brutally beaten by slave ship captains.
Captives were brutally beaten by slave ship captains.
Diseases spread quickly in the tightly packed holds of ships.
Diseases spread quickly in the tightly packed holds of ships.
Most captives died from a lack of food and water.
Most captives died from a lack of food and water.
Slave mutinies resulted in thousands of deaths.