Ch. 16.2 - The Columbian Exchange

What is the best reason for why America is called the "New World" and Europe is called the "Old World"?

• In America, they were doing things in a new way.

• After traveling the the Americas, they started to do things in a new way.

• Europe had a long, known history and America was new to the Europeans.

• Native Americans tended to be younger than the incoming older Europeans.

Which list below is some of the plants and animals that came from the New World to the Old World?

• peaches, pigs and rice

• sugar cane, wheat and horses

• potatoes, pumpkins, and turkeys

• cattle, coffee and grapes

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

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

• tribal religions

All of the following are new technologies that Europeans brought to the new world, EXCEPT:

• the wheel

• tobaggan sleds

• guns and steel

• using animals for power

5. What did Bartolome de las Casas try to do?

• He tried to be the first to circumnavigate the globe.

• Increase the use of the plantation system by adding more Native American workers.

• Convince the Spanish to convert American Indians to Christianity by using gentleness, kindness and love.

• Establish a strict social class system with Spaniards on top, and American Indians and African slaves on the bottom.

In what way did enslaved Africans differ from enslaved American Indians?

• Being new to the continent, African slaves died in higher numbers than Native Americans.

• Africans were immune to many European diseases and were less likely to die from them.

• Enslaved Africans were used only as field workers and Native Americans were not.

• Enslaved Africans were more likely to gain their freedom than enslaved Native Americans.

On what two things was the new social order based?

• exploration and exploitation

• Columbian Exchange and travel

• religion and farming

• conquest and racism

In what way did the Columbian Exchange impact Europe?

• Europeans brought back new diseases that devasted Europe.

• Europeans were little effected by the Columbian Exchange.

• Europeans benefited from new trade and new crops.

• Europeans were helped but mostly harmed by the Exchange.

Based on what we've learned about European history up to the 1500s, what was the economic system the European colonists were trying to bring to the Americas by having plantations?

• the barter system

• the banking system

• the manor system

• the capitalism system

Which statement summarizes the impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas most accurately?

• Without the Columbian Exchange, Native American cultures would have faded away.

• Neither the new trade for the new crops were really helpful to the Native Americans.

• The Exchange improved Native American life in every way.

• New crops and animals helped Native Americans, but disease and racism took a terrible toll.