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Which was a direct result of the initial contact between European cultures and Native American cultures in the 1490s?

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negative: decline in native culture, decline in native population (due to disease and conflict), slave trade

positive: new products (from europe = horses, rice, etc, from america = potatoes, corn, etc)

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Cultural diffusion, Europeans brought diseases to the Native Americans.
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