The low estimates for Native American populations prior to 1492
A)were quite accurate.
B)were used to justify European occupation.
C)explain today's small population.
D)made Europeans sympathetic to Indians.

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The low estimates for Native American populations prior to 1492 were often used to justify European occupation, underestimating the impact of European diseases and conquest on indigenous populations.

The Low Estimates for Native American Populations Prior to 1492