Will mark ! in mercantilism, which was one purpose served by colonies? a: to buy manufactured goods from parent countries b: to supply cheap sources of labor to parent countries c: to encourage international trade among competing parent countries d: to drive down prices and wages in parent countries which adjective best describes ming china’s position toward european trade? a: diplomatic b: restrictive c: equivalent d: inviting how did balboa’s discovery affect european exploration? a: it allowed explorers to form alliances with native american groups in the caribbean. b: it challenged explorers to find a shorter route past the cape of good hope to india. c: it discouraged explorers from searching for a northwest passage to the east indies. d: it encouraged explorers to seek a direct sea route to the pacific and the east indies. which phenomenon did triangular trade most directly encourage? a: migration of enslaved africans b: democratization of english colonists c: urbanization of european artisans d: depopulation of native americans use the passage to answer the question. although scholars debate the exact numbers, in alvin josephy’s estimate, the indian population fell from between 15 and 20 million when the white man first arrived to a fraction of that 150 years later. undoubtedly, the indians perished in great numbers. yet although european enslavement of indians and the spanish forced labor system extracted a heavy toll in lives, the vast majority of indian casualties occurred not as a result of hard labor or deliberate destruction. –from “the crimes of christopher columbus,” dinesh d'souza, 1995 which of the following statements about the effects of the columbian exchange can be supported by evidence in this article? europeans deliberately killed between 15 and 20 million indians. a: tuberculosis was responsible for most indian deaths. b: contagious diseases spread to both europe and the americas. c: europeans committed genocide against native americans. d: description