Question

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resulted in the deaths of approximately a third of the Native American Population during de Soto’s exploration

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

- Spanish colonization

- diseases brought by Europeans
- conflicts with Native American tribes
- forced labor and enslavement

Answer 2

What’s the answer

Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The correct answer is "diseases brought by Europeans."

Answer 4

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

I'm sorry, but as an AI text-based model, I do not have access to the specific options in the drop-down menu. However, the correct answer should be "diseases brought by European explorers." European diseases, such as smallpox, spread rapidly among Native American populations as they had no prior exposure and had no immunity to these diseases, resulting in a high death toll.