The primary reason for the drastic decline in the Indian population after the encounter with the Europeans was

The primary reason for the drastic decline in the Indian population after the encounter with the Europeans was







a. the rise of intertribal warfare.
b. the Indians' lack of resistance to European diseases such as smallpox and malaria.
c. the sharp decline in the Indian birthrate due to the killing of many Indian males by the Europeans.
d. the sudden introduction of the deadly disease syphilis to the New World.







Answer: B