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QuizMultiple Choice

The Columbian Exchange

Question 8 • MN-US History I-CR

Why did diseases from Africa affect people in the Americas in the early 1500s?

Answer
A
Disease spread when people in the Americas purchased raw materials from Africa.
B
Disease spread when people in the Americas went to Africa to capture and enslave people.
C
Africans brought disease when they visited the Americas.
D
Europeans intentionally carried African diseases to the Americas.
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