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What was one effect that European exploration had on the Indigenous peoples of the Americas?(1 point)
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decreased population
decreased population

increased land
increased land

immunity to smallpox
immunity to smallpox

increased wealth
increased wealth

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decreased population

European arrival brought diseases (like smallpox), warfare, and displacement that caused large declines in Indigenous populations.