Columbian Exchange

TRUE OR FALSE: Europeans found plants and animals they had never seen before. 

• TRUE
• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE: Native Americas and Africans were not enslaved and did not work in fields during the Columbian Exchange.

• TRUE
• FALSE

The Columbian Exchange. was a movement of _______, between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. 

• people/cultures 
• disease
• animals/plants
• all of the above

Priests persuaded many native people to give up their old beliefs and become _________. 

• Muslims
• Christians
• Catholics

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

• Africans
• Spanish
• Portuguese

Horses transformed the way these Native Americans lived. Now, they could _____________. 

• win the battle against the Europeans
• get their work done much faster
• travel farther in search of food and hunt their prey more easily 

TRUE OR FALSE: Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans had very different cultures.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Each culture had their own distinct styles of 

• music
• dance
• celebrations
• all of the above

TRUE OR FALSE: Even today, the exchange between cultures continues to affect people around the world. 

• TRUE
• FALSE

What two hemispheres of the world were involved in the Columbian Exchange?

• Northern and Western
• Eastern and Northern
• Southern and Northern
• Eastern and Western