questions 15 through 18 refer to the following. he isolation of the native peoples of the americas... from old world germs prior to the last few hundred years was nearly absolute. not only did very few people of any origin cross the great oceans, but those who did must have been healthy or they would have died on the way, taking their pathogens with them.... native americans were not without their own infections, of course. but native americans seem to have been without any experience with such old world maladies as smallpox and measles.... indications of the susceptibility of native americans... to old world infections appear almost immediately after the intrusion of the whites. in 1492, columbus kidnapped a number of arawak indians to train as interpreters and to show to king ferdinand and queen isabella. several of them seem to have died on the stormy voyage to europe in 1493.... in 1495, columbus... sent 550 arawak slaves... off across the atlantic... to be put to work in spain. the majority of these soon were also dead.... what killed the arawaks in 1493 and 1495?... columbus certainly did not want to kill his interpreters, and slavers and slaveholders have no interest whatever in the outright slaughter of their property... the most likely candidates for the role of exterminator of the first native americans in europe were those that killed so many other arawaks in the decades immediately following: old world pathogens.\ alfred w. crosby, historian, ecological imperialism: the biological expansion of europe, 900 - 1900, published in 1986 17 mark for review which of the following describes crosbys overall argument in the excerpt about the reason for the change in native american populations after 1492? a slaveholders overworked enslaved native americans in silver and gold mines. b king ferdinand and queen isabella commanded native americans to immigrate to spain. c native americans had no immunity to new diseases introduced by europeans. d christopher columbus pursued a policy of genocide against native americans.

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questions 15 through 18 refer to the following. 	he isolation of the native peoples of the americas... from old world germs prior to the last few hundred years was nearly absolute. not only did very few people of any origin cross the great oceans, but those who did must have been healthy or they would have died on the way, taking their pathogens with them.... native americans were not without their own infections, of course. but native americans seem to have been without any experience with such old world maladies as smallpox and measles.... indications of the susceptibility of native americans... to old world infections appear almost immediately after the intrusion of the whites. in 1492, columbus kidnapped a number of arawak indians to train as interpreters and to show to king ferdinand and queen isabella. several of them seem to have died on the stormy voyage to europe in 1493.... in 1495, columbus... sent 550 arawak slaves... off across the atlantic... to be put to work in spain. the majority of these soon were also dead.... what killed the arawaks in 1493 and 1495?... columbus certainly did not want to kill his interpreters, and slavers and slaveholders have no interest whatever in the outright slaughter of their property... the most likely candidates for the role of exterminator of the first native americans in europe were those that killed so many other arawaks in the decades immediately following: old world pathogens.\ alfred w. crosby, historian, ecological imperialism: the biological expansion of europe, 900 - 1900, published in 1986 17 mark for review which of the following describes crosbys overall argument in the excerpt about the reason for the change in native american populations after 1492? a slaveholders overworked enslaved native americans in silver and gold mines. b king ferdinand and queen isabella commanded native americans to immigrate to spain. c native americans had no immunity to new diseases introduced by europeans. d christopher columbus pursued a policy of genocide against native americans.

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# Brief Explanations:
The excerpt emphasizes that Native Americans were isolated from Old - World germs before 1492 and had no immunity to diseases like smallpox and measles introduced by Europeans after 1492, which led to population changes.
# Answer:
C. Native Americans had no immunity to new diseases introduced by Europeans.

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