Question

1. how were diseases used in war between european and native peoples?

a. people threatened to use diseases as weapons to kill native people.
b. european and native people stopped fighting because they did not want to get sick.
c. in some cases, europeans used diseases as weapons to kill native people.
d. it was common for both sides to give new diseases to each other.

1. what is the main idea of this text?

a. as europeans arrived in north america, the diseases they carried spread to native populations and native people died in large numbers because they did not have any resistance against them.
b. during the winter of 1839 and 1840, the smallpox disease killed about eight thousand blackfoot people, two thousand pawnee people, and one thousand crow people.
c. a british fort commander tricked some native people by giving them a handkerchief and two blankets that he knew were infected with smallpox, and hundreds of native people died as a result.
d. an ojibwe man could be exposed to a disease by shaking hands in a trade with a european man who wasnt showing symptoms yet and then return to spread the disease throughout his village.

1. read the following sentences from the text.

“before europeans started arriving in north america, the native peoples had never been exposed to diseases common in europe, such as measles, smallpox, and influenza. as a result, native people had no resistance to them. they had no way to fight these diseases effectively, so these diseases were especially dangerous.”
as used in this excerpt, what does the word “exposed” most closely mean?
a. feel better after being sick
b. try to trick someone
c. take over a territory
d. come into contact with

Explanation:

The context describes Native people having no resistance to diseases that Europeans brought when they arrived in North - America. In this context, "exposed" means coming into contact with the diseases.

Answer:

D. come into contact with