Columbian Exchange Flashcard

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Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange? Options: the rate at which European currencies were traded for local American goods, the transfer of peoples, diseases, plants, and animals between the New and Old Worlds, the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus, the conversion of native peoples to Christianity by Spanish friars

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the transfer of peoples, diseases, plants, and animals between the New and Old Worlds

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Which consequence is intentional? Europeans take corn to Africa. Corn becomes an important crop there.

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Europeans take corn to Africa. Corn becomes an important crop there.

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Which consequence is intentional? Options: Spanish conquistadors bring horses across the Atlantic., Rats aboard European ships spread disease., Columbus brought pigs to the Americas on his second voyage., Plains Indians become expert horsemen.

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Columbus brought pigs to the Americas on his second voyage.

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Which crop from the New World provided nourishment to the growing population of Europe, and eventually led to tragedy in Ireland when people became overly dependent on it?

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Potato

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hemisphere

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One half of the earth