【单选题】Which of the following, if newly discovered, would most seriously weaken the authors argument concerning the importance of virgin-soil epidemics in the depopulation of Native Americans?
A.
Evidence setting the pre-Columbian population of the New World at only 80 million.
B.
Spanish tribute records showing periodic population fluctuations.
C.
Documents detailing sophisticated Native American medical procedures.
D.
Fossils indicating Native American contact with smallpox prior to 1492.
E.
Remains of French settlements dating back to the sixteenth century.
【单选题】Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the authors assertion that, in the 1970s, corporate response to federal requirements(lines 23 — 24)was substantial?
A.
Corporate contracts with minority-owned businesses totaled $ 2 billion in 1979.
B.
Between 1970 and 1972, corporate contracts with minority-owned businesses declined by 25 percent.
C.
The figures collected in 1977 under-represented the extent of corporate contracts with minority-owned businesses.
D.
The estimate of corporate spending with minority-owned businesses in 1980 is approximately $ 10 million too high.
E.
The $1.1 billion represented the same percentage of total corporate spending in 1977 as did $ 77 million in 1972.