Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of ____________ between the Old World and the New World.

• men and ships for exploring

• money for items

• products, plants, animals and diseases

• buying goods from Africa

Plants found in the New World included the following:

• corn, squash, potatoes, and peanuts

• cocoa beans, wheat, and rice

• nuts and wild berries

• magnolia trees, cypress trees, pine trees

What animal, introduced by the Europeans changed life for the Native American Indians?

• pigs

• chickens

• horses

• cows

What happened to the many of the Native American Indians?

• They got new land.
• The caught diseases and died.
• They moved to Europe.
• They traded spices with Asia.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What's the BEST definition of the Columbian Exchange?

• The trading of goods and resources between the New World and the Old World.
• Everyone from Columbia has to exchange presents.
• It was the worst event in the history of the world - there was no good that came from it.
• We want to honor Columbus because he discovered America.

As native populations decreased in the Americas from sickness and overwork, Europeans looked for new sources of labor by enslaving the ____________.

• Africans

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• Americans

What were some resources that came FROM the New World TO the Old World?

• coffee, horses, cows, pigs
• Native American religion, dances, clothes, housing
• corn, potatoes, chocolate, turkeys
• guns, the wheel, rice, spices

What were some resources that came FROM the Old World TO the New World?

• corn, potatoes, chocolate, turkeys

• Wheat, horses, cows, pigs

• alpacas, avocados, tomatoes, strawberries

• books, money, computers, cars