The Columbian Exchange

Which of the following is a negative impact that the Columbian Exchange had on the native peoples of the Americas?

• The spread of disease killed millions of people.

• Agriculture spread to more regions.

• The use of the horse caused native peoples to leave.

• Native peoples were no longer allowed to use their languages.

• Europeans established global trade networks that brought maize to Europe, chili peppers to India, and wheat to the Americas.

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The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of what?

• Plants, animals, and disease
• Plants and Animals
• Animals and diamonds
• Disease and Clothing

The New World introduced the Old World to cocoa beans

• True
• False

What animal changed life for the American Indians?

• Pigs
• Chickens
• Horses
• Cows

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

• Squash
• Potatoes and Corn
• Chocolate and Butter
• Peanuts

Even today, the exchange between cultures continues to affect people around the world

• True
• False

When did the Columbian Exchange take place?

• The Columbian Exchange was the widespread exchange of products cultures and ideas between the Native Americans of the New world and the Europeans of the Old World.

• The Columbian Exchange was the period of time in which the Native Americans were welcomed into European countries as honored guests.

• The Columbian Exchange was when the Native Americans learned how to sail to new unexplored lands by the Europeans.

• The Columbian Exchange is when the Native Americans brought diseases to the Old World that killed many people.

the Columbian Exchange was the exchange of plants, animals and diseases between.... (read all options)

• the Americas and Europe

• Asia and Europe

• the Old World and the New World

• Lynwood and Compton

Squash came from.....

• The Old World (Europe/Asia)

• The New World ( Americas)

Did Native Americans have horses before explorers and settlers

• yes

• no