The best explanation for the widespread decline in Indigenous populations after the arrival of Spanish conquistadors is disease and environmental changes. The introduction of diseases such as smallpox, for which Indigenous populations had no immunity, had a devastating impact on their numbers. Environmental changes due to colonization also affected their ways of life and health.
Which of the following best explains the widespread decline in Indigenous populations after the arrival of Spanish conquistadors?(1 point)
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disease and environmental changes
disease and environmental changes
natural disasters
natural disasters
inability to connect with global markets
inability to connect with global markets
fighting and lack of guns
fighting and lack of guns
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