Columbian Exchange Flashcardizz

Front

Columbus, while Italian, sailed under the flag of which kingdom? Germany, France, Ireland, Spain, Portugal

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Spain

Front

In ________, Columbus sailed the Ocean blue.

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1492

Front

True or False: Columbus landed in the present-day United States of America.

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False

Front

What Viking explorer traveled to Newfoundland (Vineland) over 400 years before Columbus's voyage?

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Leif Eriksson

Front

What is the term for the trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa?

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Triangular Trade

Front

European colonizers made huge sums of money off the resources in the New World and by growing ____________.

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Cash Crops

Front

What happened after Native Americans on plantations died from exhaustion and disease?

Back

Millions of African slaves were brought to the Americas

Front

A turkey is an example of...

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A new world animal which had never been seen in the "Old World"

Front

When Europeans started searching for a new way to get to Asia for trade, it started the ______________.

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Age of Discovery

Front

When Columbus landed in what is now the Dominican Republic, he mistakenly believed he was in _______. Options: New York, China, India, Florida, Portugal.

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India