The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "The country would increase trade with its neighbors." The event that most likely to happen to a country's economy if its population is affected by a disease pandemic is that t<span>he country would increase trade with its neighbors.</span>
Columbus' explorations of the New World led to the spreading of diseases to the Americas which killed thousands of Native Americans, his efforts led to the enslavement and oppression of Native Americans through colonization, and ultimately led to the subjugation of the Native American peoples to European powers for centuries to come.
Be ready for an attack/ threatening power.