Diseases brought by explorers a. did not affect the population of the caribbean. b. killed only 200 tainos in hispaniola. c. wiped out entire cultures. d. slightly affected the population of central america.

The correct answer is C) wipe out entire cultures.

Diseases brought by explores wiped out entire cultures.

The Native American Indians were very clean and healthy people. In Mesoamerica or South America, civilizations such as the Aztecs in Mesoamerica or the Incas South America lived a normal, healthy life. Hygiene was a notorious characteristic of these civilizations.

But when European explorers arrived and conquered these new American territories, they had many diseases unknown to these American civilizations. Indians caught those disease and thousands of people died. The diseases Europeans brought were smallpox, influenza, and measles. Those diseases were deadly for American Indians.