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

• plants, animals, diseases, people, technology

• buying goods from Africa

North America and South America are part of the __________.

• New World
• Old World

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which continents are in the old world?

• Europe, Asia, Africa

• North and South America

The exchanges of goods between the old and new world had ONLY positive effects.

• True

• False

Plants found in the New World included the following:

• tomatoes, corn, squash

• cocoa beans, lima beans, sweet peas

• nuts and wild berries

• magnolia trees, cypress trees, pine trees

What effect did the food from the new world (America) have on the old world (Europe)?

• Lots of people got sick

• It improved health and popluations grew

• People did not like the new food and didn't buy it

• It had no effect at all.

Foods found in the Old World included the following:

• tomatoes, corn, squash

• coffee, wheat, 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.

What was the "moral" disease that was an outcome of the Columbian Exchange?

• small pox

• malaria

• slavery

• measles