It impacted the encounters and exchanges because the disease that the European explorers brought to the Indians land was killing off their community (Tribe) and most of the Indians died and only left a few alive.
I just took a test on this and the answer is the process of incorporation, D!
Answer:
A deep vein of xenophobia and nativism
I believe the answer is Gold.
Gold was a very hot commodity at that time because before we use paper/digital money like today, Gold was made as material to make a type of money with more intrinsic value.
The abundance of this natural resources led to many European empire came and started their colonization in AFrica.
Chandragupta was the most important king of the Maurya Empire