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due to the isolation of the americas from the rest of the inhabited world, which of the following is an example of a disease that killed millions of native americans after contact with europeans?
smallpox
diabetes
heart disease
cancer
none of the above
Native Americans had no prior exposure to diseases like smallpox, which were brought by Europeans. Smallpox is a contagious viral disease that caused massive deaths among Native Americans due to lack of immunity. Diabetes, heart disease, and cancer are not typically associated with the post - European contact mass deaths of Native Americans in the same way as smallpox.
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A. smallpox