Which evidence provides the best evidence to support the conclusion that spanish exploration and settlement had a devastating effect on the mississippian chiefdoms of the southeast?
a. during the two centuries following the discovery of the new world, over 90% of the native population were killed by disease and warfare.

Where did the term “iron curtain” originate? the warsaw pact used the term iron curtain as a code word for communism. in a 1946 speech, british prime minister winston churchill said an iron curtain had fallen across the continent of europe. while visiting western europe in 1946, u.s. president harry truman commented that the mountains there looked like iron curtains. russian general secretary joseph stalin instructed citizens of eastern europe to hang iron curtains over their windows to protect themselves from stray bullets.