The Columbian Exchange

As European governments, companies, and individuals raced to become wealthy in the era of the Columbian Exchange, many expanded their plans to include the Americas.

• True

• False

The local population in the Americas had a strong immune system to diseases brought by Europeans during the Columbian Exchange.

• True

• False

European settlers solved the need for a massive labor force in the production of cash crops in the Americas by importing enslaved people.

• True

• False

The rise of the Atlantic slave trade brought diseases like __________________ to the New World

• chickenpox and dengue

• malaria and yellow fever

• measles and ebola

• smallpox and cholera

There were millions of people living in the Americas. Some of the natives lived in large urban areas like  ___________ and Cusco, among the largest cities in the world at the time.

• Tlapacoya

• Teotihuacán

• Ixtapaluca

• Tenochtitlan

Christopher Columbus’ arrival in America in ________ created large-scale connections between Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas that still exist today.

• 1249

• 1942

• 1492

• 1500

Between 1492 and 1650, the population of indigenous Americans increased rapidly.

• True

• False

The socioeconomic changes in the _______ included the rise of the Atlantic slave trade and other labor systems.

• Americas

• Galapagos Islands

• Canaries

More than twelve million enslaved people were brought to the Americas through the _________ slave trade system.

• Western

• Pacific

• encomienda

• Atlantic

What did the Spaniards use to control the indigenous American labor force?

• Encomienda

• El Requerimiento

• The Social Contract

• The Atlantic Slave Trade