Question

What was the most negative impact on Africans that arose from European colonialism during the 15th to 18th centuries?

A. The establishment of enormous European empires in Africa
B. The capture and enslavement of millions of Africans
C. The spread of European disease to Africans with little immunity
D. The exportation of Africa's natural resources and food supplie

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) the spread of European disease to Africans with little immunity.

One of the most negative impacts on Africans that arose from European colonialism during the 15th to 18th centuries was the spread of European disease to Africans with little immunity.

European people spread many diseases in the African colonies. Native Africans tribe were clean and healthy. So when the European conquerors arrived in Africa, their hygiene habits were so much different to the African people. Furthermore, those diseases did not exist in the African continent and Africans had no immunity at all to those unknown diseases. The contagious diseases resulted in thousands and thousands of people killed. Something similar happened in South America, where many Native South American tribes disappeared due to diseases that Spanish people had such as smallpox, cholera, influenza, and measles.

Answer 2

The correct answer for this question is "C. The spread of European disease to Africans with little immunity." The most negative impact on Africans that arose from European colonialism during the 15th to 18th centuries is the spread of European disease to Africans with little immunity