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Which of the following best explains the widespread decline in Indigenous populations after the arrival of Spanish conquistadors?(1 point)
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fighting and lack of guns
fighting and lack of guns

inability to connect with global markets
inability to connect with global markets

disease and environmental changes
disease and environmental changes

natural disasters

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
disease and environmental changes

Old‑World diseases (smallpox, measles, influenza) to which Indigenous peoples had no immunity caused the largest mortality, and colonial disruption of food systems, forced labor and ecological changes worsened the population collapse.