Age of Exploration Impacts

The Columbian Exchange was named after

• Colombia (the country)

• Columbus, Ohio

• The District of Columbia

• Christopher Columbus

One thing that was new to the Americas after the Columbian Exchange was...

• Corn

• Coffee

• Cacao (chocolate)

• Potatoes

One thing that was new to Europe, Asia, and Africa after the Columbian Exchange was...

• Rice

• Tomatoes

• Cows

• Sugar (from sugar cane)

According to article, which two crops had a bigger impact in Asia and Europe that "100 kings"?

• Sugar cane and coffee

• Tobacco and corn

• Rice and onions

• White and sweet potatoes

According to the article, which of these had a "tragic" impact on the Americas after the Columbian Exchange?

• disease

• livestock

• fruit

• grain

The "havoc" and "destruction" of the native Americans population described by the Spanish missionary was caused by

• influenza

• measles

• smallpox

• malaria

The trans-Atlantic slave trade was started by the...

• Spanish

• British

• French

• Portuguese

What was traded from Europeans to Africans in exchange for slaves?

• manufactured goods

• raw materials

• Europeans slaves

• food

What was used by Africans to expand their own empires and take more slaves to trade to the Europeans?

• tobacco

• diseases

• ships

• guns

Most Africans that were brought to the Americas ended up in the Caribbean islands, the Spanish Empire, and...

• the United States

• Brazil

• Canada

• Belize