Which of the following describes a major demographic change resulting from the first contact between American Indians and European explorers?
A. A rapid expansion of forested areas in the Pacific Northwest.
B. A reduction in air quality due to the introduction of agriculture.
C. A decrease in the diversity of plant and animal life in North
America,
D. A shift in American Indian portations from east to west.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.

They all die dude, they are all gone.