Columbus and Columbian Exchange

When Columbus set off on his first voyage, his goal was to

• find a more direct trading route to East Asia

• increase profits for Spain

• explore the Western Hemisphere

• create a colony in the Bahamas

When Columbus planned his first voyage, he thought

• North and South America did not exist.

• Spain and East Asia were separated only by a small ocean.

• the world was flat.

• the world was larger than it actually is

The Columbian Exchange...

• was between the Northern and Southern hemispheres

• was the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, cultures and religions.

• was between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.

• had only positive benefits.

The Columbian Exchange was triggered by

• Spanish colonies being created in the Bahamas

• Columbus introducing Europe to the Americas

• European colonists stealing resources from the Americas

• When England created the 13 colonies.

Columbus first landed in...

• An island in East Asia

• The present day Bahamas

• The present day United States

• South America

The Columbian Exchange caused

• diseases like smallpox to ravage the Americas

• the potato to become a key part of the European diet

• domesticated farm animals to arrive in the Americas

• the Spanish empire to expand

The "New World" is

• The Americas

• Africa

• A term created by Europeans

• the Western hemisphere