Identify the clues in your reading that point to the conclusion that the Native Americans living in Patuxet were killed by the Smallpox disease before the Pilgrims arrived? A
B
C
D

A - Native Americans in New England were not very numerous but they had a healthy population level.

B - Several European explorers (and their crews) began to explore the area in the sixteenth century. These Europeans had contact with Native Americans and spread Eurasian diseases like smallpox to them.

C - Native Americans did not have antibodies for these Eurisian diseases, and the vast majority of them perished because of them.

D - When the Pilgrims arrived in 1620, the Native American population was minimal.

if interdependence implies a two-way dependence, and if each partner is equally dependent on the other for success, then there is an equal commitment to the making the partnership successful. the advantage is sustainability of the relationship, the disadvantage is that decisions are "democratic" and therefore may take longer to reach and more likely to be a compromise (which is not always the best solution). as the interdependence moves away from equality, the decisions become more influenced by the more independent partner. in the extreme the relationship becomes more dictatorial and more like "master-slave". generally the relationship has less commitment in both directions and is more likely to be temporary.

if one generalizes (and one shouldn't), equity partnerships, which is probably what is implied by interdependence, can be slow to progress or change but durable. the extreme alternative, independent-dependent partnerships tend to be efficient but more fragile.

hope this but you will have to site your own evidence. : )