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The most powerful weapon of the Spanish conquerors of America was the germ of:

AMalaria
BSmallpox
CCholera
DPlague
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Smallpox
1. The original inhabitants had no immunity. 2. Smallpox killed whole communities. 3. It spread ahead of the Europeans themselves. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 3, The Making of a Global World._
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