Exploration & Columbian Exchange

•Where did Corn (maize) come from?

• Old World
• New World

•Where did horses come from?

• Old World
• New World

What year did Columbus sail Across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time?

• 1392
• 1492
• 1942
• 1495

The Old world refers to the continents of 

• North and South America 
• Australia
• Europe, Africa and Asia
• Antarctica

The New World refers to 

• Europe and Africa
• North and South America
• Australia and Antarctica
• Asia

•Where did goats & sheep come from?

• Old World
• New World

•Where did potatoes & sweet potatoes come from?

• Old World
• New World

When did the Columbian Exchange take place?

• Before 1492
• During the European Dark Ages
• After WW2
• After 1492

How did diseases impact the New World?

• They didn't
• They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans
• They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous people
• They helped the natives beat the Spanish

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

• TRUE
• FALSE