The Columbian Exchange

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• The exchange of money between the old world and new world.

• The Columbian Exchange Program created by the old world and new world.

• When people from the old world interacted with people from the new world and there was an exchange of diseases, plants, animals, and humans.

Historians estimate that more than ______ of indigenous people died during the Colombian Exchange.

• 80%

• 90%

• 75%

• 40%

From what diseases did many Native Americans die from?

• flu, cold, and influenza

• smallpox, measles, and mumps

• heart disease, plague, chickenpox

What plants came from the new world?

• corn, potatoes, and cassava

• wheat, coffee and sugar cane

• apples, banana, coffee

Which crops came from the old world?

• sweet potatoes, corn, and cassava

• pineapple, cacao, and beans

• wheat, coffee, and sugar cane.

Native Americans had never seen a cow or horse before_________.

• 1992

• 1492

• 1942

What was not exchanged during the Columbian Exchange?

• Humans

• Disease

• Plants

• Money

What Old World livestock created new eating opportunities in the Americas?

• Pig and Chickens

• Horse and cows

• llamas and donkeys

What animal helped mounted messengers deliver letters faster?

• donkeys

• cows

• horses

Who farmed wheat, coffee, and sugar cane in large plantations?

• The Americans

• Native Americans

• Enslaved people