When Europeans settled in the New World,they wanted to open up territories for settlements.This meant that First Nations people were not only forcibly removed from their land but sometimes killed.This deliberate and systematic destruction of First Nations people was __________.
A)genocide
B)segregation
C)expulsion
D)assimilation

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The deliberate and systematic destruction of First Nations people through the forced removal from their land and killing meets the definition of genocide, which is the intentional and systematic destruction of a racial, ethnic, or cultural group. Segregation refers to the separation of different groups, expulsion refers to the forced removal of a group from a certain area, and assimilation refers to the process of one culture adopting the customs and practices of another. While these terms may also be relevant to the experiences of First Nations people, genocide is the most accurate description of the situation described in the question.

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