Question 1: What is de Las Casa describing in this quote?
- Response: The effect of smallpox on the Taino people
Question 2: Why were there so many deaths among the Taino?
- Response: The Taino had no immunity to smallpox
Use the quote to answer the following questions: "Some it quite covered [with pustules] on all parts - their faces, their hands, their breasts, etc. There was great havoc. Very many died of it. They could not walk; they only lay in their resting places and beds. They could not move; they could not stir; they could not change position, nor lie on one side, nor face down, nor on their backs. And if they stirred, much did they cry out. Great was its destruction. Covered, mantled with pustules, very many died of them. And very many starved; there was death from hunger, [for] none could take care of [the sick]; nothing could be done for them." Bartolome de Las Casas, 1519, Florentine Codex About the smallpox outbreak among the Taino people What is de Las Casa describing in this quote? (1 point) Responses Daily life among the Taino Daily life among the Taino Treatment for smallpox Treatment for smallpox The effect of smallpox on the Taino people The effect of smallpox on the Taino people How many people died of smallpox How many people died of smallpox Question 2 Why were there so many deaths among the Taino?(1 point) Responses Only de Las Casas could help Only de Las Casas could help There was no known treatment There was no known treatment The Taino had no immunity to smallpox The Taino had no immunity to smallpox No one could move around
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