The term “Black Death” refers to A) the malaria infection brought to

The term “Black Death” refers to

A) the malaria infection brought to the New World by African slaves.
B) the bubonic plague that swept away nearly one-third of Europe’s population in the fourteenth century.
C) the ruthless destruction of New World populations by Spanish conquistadores.
D) syphilis epidemics that killed thousands of Europeans who migrated to the New World in the sixteenth century.

ANSWER
B