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 slave - holders 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. 16 in the excerpt, crosby makes which of the following claims about the transmission of old world diseases to the americas? a it had minimal effect on native americans. b it was an unintended consequence of contact between the new world and the old world. c it was significant in the centuries prior to columbus arrival in the americas. d it was a deliberate act on the part of columbus

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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 slave - holders 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. 16 in the excerpt, crosby makes which of the following claims about the transmission of old world diseases to the americas? a it had minimal effect on native americans. b it was an unintended consequence of contact between the new world and the old world. c it was significant in the centuries prior to columbus arrival in the americas. d it was a deliberate act on the part of columbus

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# Brief Explanations:
The text describes how the isolation of Native Americans from Old - World germs was nearly absolute until contact with the Old World. The spread of Old - World diseases to the Americas was a consequence of the new contact between the two regions, not a deliberate act by Columbus and not significant prior to Columbus' arrival. Also, it had a huge, not minimal, impact on Native Americans.
# Answer:
B. It was an unintended consequence of contact between the New World and the Old World.

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