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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