Columbian Exchange (Study Guide)

Which of the following descries the Columbian Exchange?

• The exchange of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from Old World to New World and from New World to Old World

• The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from the Old World to New World only

• The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from the New World to Old World only

• The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from South America to North America only

What happened to the population of many indigenous Americans due to Europe's invasion and colonization of Latin America?

• The population decreased significantly due to diseases and warfare

• The population increased significantly due to diseases and warfare

• The population didn't change much

• The population increased significantly due to the new crops and animals

Which group of people suffered the most due to the Columbian Exchange?

• Asians

• Explorers

• Indigenous Americans

• Europeans

The land that Europeans invaded and colonized in the 1500s was called the New World. All of the New World is located in which hemisphere?

• Western

• Eastern

• Southern

• Northern

What does indigenous mean?

• the native people of a given place

• the people who colonize a new place

Which disease wiped out a significant part of the population of indigenous Americans?

• measles

• smallpox

• syphilis

• malaria

Which crop was brought to the New World, led to the rise of the slave trade & remains one of the biggest natural resources today?

• wheat

• sugar cane

• corn

• citrus fruit

Due to the Columbian Exchange, agricultural production increased in both the New and Old World.

• True

• False

What were the main positive consequences of the Columbian Exchange?

• traveling by ship was really fun
• better looking people coming over from one place to the other
• disease, death, slavery
• healthier diet, new resources, good trading

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What were the main negative consequences of the Columbian Exchange?

• many Native Americans died, diseases were spread, slavery began
• new foods and resources
• the Old World brought terrible music to the New World
• none - it was all good

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5