Question

Which of the following best describes the impact Eurasian diseases had on the New World populations?(1 point)
Responses

Eurasian diseases weakened the major Indigenous empires’ armies.
Eurasian diseases weakened the major Indigenous empires’ armies.

Eurasian diseases weakened both Spanish and Indigenous soldiers.
Eurasian diseases weakened both Spanish and Indigenous soldiers.

Eurasian diseases killed only the elderly.
Eurasian diseases killed only the elderly.

Eurasian diseases disproportionately killed women.

Answer 1

Eurasian diseases weakened the major Indigenous empires’ armies.

Explanation: Old World diseases (smallpox, measles, influenza) devastated Indigenous populations lacking immunity, causing massive mortality across age groups and crippling social and military structures — which helped European conquest.