The Columbian Exchange Assessment

What is the Columbian Exchange?

• The name of the ship Columbus sailed to the New World.

• The currency (money) used between European and African

  cultures.

• The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old

  and New World.

• The title of a magazine article examining how Columbus

  traveled.

According to the passage, what technological advances did Europe bring to the New World?

• pyramids

• wheeled carts

• agriculture

• written languages

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

North America and South America are part of the __________.

• New World
• Old World

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Europe, Africa, and Asia are part of the __________.

• New World

• Old World