Chapter 16 section 2 The Columbian Exchange

Which animals were brought to the Americas by the Spanish?

• turkeys

• alligators

• horses

• buffalo

What religion did European missionaries attempt to spread to the New World?

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• American Indians

Which group showed Native Americans how to use the wheel?

• Africans

• Europeans

• Asians

• American Indians

The new social order in the Americas was based on

• Christianity

• democracy

• racism

• a system of laws

Missionaries to the Americas spread religion and

• African customs

• European languages

• Asian traditions

• American currency

Between the late 1500s and the early 1800s, to which place were most enslaved people transported?

• southern Europe

• the New World

• western Africa

• all of Asia

Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

• Exploration of new lands in Africa & Americas by Europeans

• Exchanging plants, animals & ideas between Europe & Americas

• Poor treatment of American Indians by Europeans

• new trading routes to the Americas established by Columbus

How did people in the Americas begin to grow sugarcane?

• in small fields and plots

• in the African way

• on plantations

• in their yards

Which of the following groups received poor treatment as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

• European citizens

• American Indians

• Spanish colonists

• African kings

What did Bartolome de las Casas attempt to do?

• end harsh treatment of American Indians by the Spanish

• bring more Spanish nobles & monarchs to live in the Americas

• bring American Indians to Spain

• increase the size of Spanish plantations in the Americas