The greatest short-term effect of Spanish colonization on American Indians was that it sharply decreased their population. The introduction of diseases brought by Europeans, to which Native Americans had little to no immunity, resulted in significant declines in their numbers.
Which of the following was the greatest short-term effect of Spanish colonization on American Indians?
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It sharply decreased their population.
It sharply decreased their population.
It opened them to European ideas.
It opened them to European ideas.
It gave them new crops to grow.
It gave them new crops to grow.
It led to their disappearance from the Americas.
It led to their disappearance from the Americas.
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