Columbian Exchange Summative

The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of ____________ between the Old World and the New World.

• men and ships for exploring
• money for items
• products, ideas, plants, animals and diseases
• buying goods from Africa

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

A new community in a new place is called a...

• city

• settlement

• cave dwelling

• metropolis

Squash, pineapples, potatoes, and turkey were foods found in 

• Old World
• New World
• Asia
• Spain

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What animal, introduced by the Europeans changed life for the Native American Indians?

• pigs
• chickens
• horses
• cows

What happened to many of the Native American Indians?

• They got new land.

• The caught diseases and died.

• They moved to Europe.

• They traded spices with Asia.

Smallpox, influenza, and measles were Old World diseases introduced to the Native Americans.

• True
• False

Cows came from

• The Old World

• The New World

Potatoes came from

• The Old World

• The New World (Americas)

Europeans turned to African slaves after American Indians died off from diseases like small pox, measles, and malaria.

• True
• False

Sugar cane was a huge product that had only positive effects in the new world. 

• True
• False