Columbian Exchange

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• exchange of crops, goods, animals, diseases

• diseases, crops, goods

• Exchange of goods between North America and South America

• Europe and Americas exchanged people and products

Pick one of the diseases that Europeans brought to Latin America?

• smallpox

• smallmeasles

• smallcough

• whoopininfluenza

What foods did Europe take back that came from LA?

• corn, tomatoes, pumpkins,

• livestock, cattle, pigs

• cacao beans, corn, pigs

• pumpkins, squash, pigs, cattle

What is two foods that Europe brought to Latin America?

• Coffee, wheat, rice, pigs

• vanilla, tomatoes, corn

• pumpkins, peaches, olives

• grapes, vanilla, tomato

What is one thing the horse was used for?

• transportion

• sports

• entertaining

Why did many SPanish and Portuguese settlers move to the Americas?

• plans to mine for gold, silver, and grow sugarcane

• plans to take many slaves back to Europe

• to enjoy the tropical climate with lots of mining

Where did the Europeans go to get the workers for the plantations?

• Panama

• Europe

• Africa

• Brazil

Why didn't the Europeans use the indigenous people to work the plantations?

• they ran away to Europe

• they owned the plantations already

• Many died from diseases or were killed

What animal did the Europeans bring to LA that was such a scary animal to the indigenous people?

• parrot

• horse

• cow

• pig

Which continent(s) was the "Old World?"

• North America & South America

• Europe