Columbian Exchange and Conquest

Which was traded from the Old World to the New World?

• horses and major diseases
• squash, pumpkins, and turkeys
• cocoa and horses
• cocoa and llamas

Which was traded from the New World to the Old World?

• ships

• indians

• potatoes and corn

• rocks

How did diseases impact the New World?

• They didn't

• They wiped out 50% of the Asians

• They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous people

• They helped the natives beat the Spanish

•Where did Corn (maize) come from?

• Old World
• New World

•Where did horses come from?

• Old World
• New World

•Where did small pox, measles, & typhus come from?

• Old World
• New World

The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of ____________ between the eastern and western hemispheres.

• people
• people, animals, and foods
• people and animals
• people and disease

What crop helped to increase the population of Europeans because it allowed them to become healthier and better fed. 

• squash
• potatoes
• corn
• peanuts

The Columbian Exchange is best defined as

• Exchange of plants, animals, disease, and technology between the rest of the world following Columbus's voyage

• The relationship between people in different parts of the world

• The story of how Columbus came to North America

• Everything Columbus brought back to Spain after his first voyage

What device helped Europeans navigate at sea by using a magnetized needle that points to a coordinate direction?

• Steam Engine

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Rudder