SS Flashcard Columbian Exchange

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What was the Columbian Exchange?

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an exchange of cultures and goods across the Atlantic Ocean

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Which is the best example of culture? Options: European explorers used technology to sail greater distances. American Indians did not have immunity to diseases like smallpox. American Indians had oral traditions rather than written languages. European explorers killed, conquered, and enslaved American Indians.

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American Indians had oral traditions rather than written languages.

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Which had the greatest effect on American Indian populations?

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diseases

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What statement best supports the argument that the Age of Exploration and the Columbian exchange did more harm than good?

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Millions of American Indians died, and their cultures changed.

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Which is the best conclusion to draw about the Columbian Exchange?

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American Indians may have been exposed to a new culture, but much of it was forced on them.

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What animal changed life for the American Indians? Options: Pigs, Chickens, Horses, Cows

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Horses

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What were the main negative consequences of the Columbian Exchange? Options: many Native Americans died, diseases were spread, slavery began, new foods and resources, the Old World brought terrible music to the New World, none - it was all good

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many Native Americans died, diseases were spread, slavery began

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What caused many Native Americans to die during the time of the Columbian Exchange?

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Diseases

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As native populations decreased in the Americas from sickness and overwork, Europeans looked for new sources of labor by enslaving the ____________.

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Africans