What impact did the Hernando de Soto expedition have on the mound builders? thes
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What impact did the Hernando de Soto expedition have on the mound builders?
these Spaniards may have inadvertently introduced smallpox and other infectious diseases against which Native Americans possessed no immunity, resulting in epidemics and a dramatic reduction in native population
the Spanish, with their superior weaponry, defeated the mound builders in a protracted, four-year war
none; mound-builder culture had already collapsed before the arrival of the de Soto expedition
it was de Soto and his men who introduced the idea of constructing mounds in the first place
these Spaniards may have inadvertently introduced smallpox and other infectious diseases against which Native Americans possessed no immunity, resulting in epidemics and a dramatic reduction in native population
the Spanish, with their superior weaponry, defeated the mound builders in a protracted, four-year war
none; mound-builder culture had already collapsed before the arrival of the de Soto expedition
it was de Soto and his men who introduced the idea of constructing mounds in the first place
Explanation / Answer
answer- option a----these Spaniards may have inadvertently introduced smallpox and other infectious diseases against which Native Americans possessed no immunity, resulting in epidemics and a dramatic reduction in native population
explanation:
infectious diseases( small pox and influenze) from the old world has decimated the native americans who comprised the last mound builder civilizations.
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