Columbian Exchange

During this time period, the ONLY domesticated animals in the Americas were....

• LLAMAS

• DOGS

• CATS

• Monkeys

What did European explorers bring to the new world?

• llamas, pigs, and bears

• Llamas, alpacas, and Monkeys

• horses, pigs, cattle, & sheep.

Which plant became a major crop in the Caribbean islands ?

• apple trees

• Sugar cane

• pineapples

What was a major crop that came from the Americas?

• Maize (corn)

• wheat

• coffee

• bananas

What killed a large percentage of the indigenous population?

• Wild cattle

• Diseases

• War

What does the word indigenous mean?

• Transporting goods

• People who moved to a new region.

• The first people who lived in any region.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• The exchange of money

• The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and the Old world.

• Colombian exchange program.

Why did diseases kill so many natives?

• New diseases were introduced by the explorers.

• Natives had weak immune systems.

• Lack of Medicine.

What food was a result of the Columbian exchange?

• Bread

• Rice

• Pizza

Who did the Europeans get to work on plantations and in mines when most of the native population had died?

• African workers

• Other Europeans

• Chinese workers