Among the options provided, germs and disease had the greatest impact when Europeans and Indigenous peoples of the Americas met. The introduction of diseases such as smallpox, influenza, and measles devastated Indigenous populations, who had no previous exposure or immunity to these illnesses. The resulting population decline fundamentally altered societies in the Americas, leading to significant cultural and social changes, as well as the easier colonization and conquest by European powers. While the exchange of crops, domesticated animals, and religion also had important effects, the impact of germs and disease was unparalleled in its immediate and devastating consequences.
Of all the kinds of life exchanged when the people from Europe and the Americas met, which of the following had the greatest impact?
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religion
religion
germs and disease
germs and disease
domesticated animals
domesticated animals
new crops
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