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What is the primary reason why so many native people died after 1492?They at too much pasta.They were intentionally killed by the SpanishThey lacked resistance to the Old World diseases.They were disgusted with the Europeans.

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What is the primary reason why so many native people died after 1492?They at too much pasta.They were intentionally killed by the SpanishThey lacked resistance to the Old World diseases.They were disgusted with the Europeans.

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The primary reason why so many native people died after 1492 was because they lacked resistance to the Old World diseases. When Europeans arrived in the New World, they brought with them diseases such as smallpox, measles, and influenza, to which the native populations had no immunity. This led to widespread epidemics and high death rates among the native people. While there were certainly instances of violence and intentional killing by the Spanish and other European groups, the impact of disease was far more devastating. The other options you provided, such as eating too much pasta or being disgusted with the Europeans, are not historically accurate reasons for the high death rates among native people post-1492.

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