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

Eurasian diseases disproportionately killed women.
Eurasian diseases disproportionately killed women.

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

Answer 1

Eurasian diseases weakened the major Indigenous empires’ armies.

These epidemics caused massive, widespread mortality among Indigenous peoples (not just the elderly or women), severely reducing population, social cohesion, and military resistance—while Europeans had far more immunity.