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by diseases.B.Europeans needed trading partners because indigenous peoples would nottrade with settlers in the Americas.C.Europeans wanted to quickly grow their colonial populations in order toprovide better defense against attack.D.Europeans discovered new resources in the Americas that were in highdemand in many African nations.15.Look at the map. Then answer the question that follows.Which feature is marked with an X on the map?A.The X marks the Panama Canal.B.The X marks the Amazon River.C.The X marks the Atacama Desert.D.The X marks the Andes Mountains.Bibb 6th Grade SS Unit Four-Latin American 25...Page 9 of 11© 2024 Renaissance Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

Answer 1

I don’t have the map or the full first question text, so I can’t be 100% certain. Please either upload the map image or paste the complete questions. Based on what you gave, here are likely answers and why:

1) (the question about why Africans were brought to the Americas) — most likely answer: A. Europeans began importing enslaved Africans because many Indigenous people died from disease and Europeans needed labor to work on plantations and in mines.
- If your option A is something like “Indigenous people died by diseases” or “there was a labor shortage caused by disease,” pick A.

2) (map question: which feature is marked with an X) — I can’t see the X, but use these location clues to choose:
- If the X is along the long mountain chain running down the western edge of South America, pick D: the Andes Mountains.
- If the X is in the narrow isthmus between the Pacific and Atlantic at Central America, pick A: the Panama Canal.
- If the X is in the large river basin in northern Brazil, pick B: the Amazon River.
- If the X is a narrow desert strip along the Pacific coast of northern Chile, pick C: the Atacama Desert.

Send the map or tell me roughly where the X is and I’ll give the exact answer.