Columbian Exchange

How was 90% of the native populations destroyed by Europeans?

• By the use of guns.

• By enslaving and torturing them.

• By being fired out of their homes

• By disease

What led Columbus to find the 'New World'?

• He was in search of a faster and easier way to Asia

• He was an adventurer at heart

• He wanted to spread Christianity

• He was trying to prove the world is round

Which group would have benefited most from the Columbian Exchange?

• Indentured Servants

• African Slaves

• Native American Chiefs

• European Explorers

The exchange of food, animals, and diseases was most directly caused by

• Decline of city-states in Europe and the rise of Native American empires

• Increase in communication and interaction between the "Old World" and "New World"

• Desire to spread Christianity and find new sources of wealth.

• Acceptance of the nutritional value of new sources of food.

What two people groups were most negatively affected by the Columbian Exchange?

• Africans and Europeans

• Asians and Europeans

• Native Americans and Africans

• Asians and Native Americans

What were 2 negative effects of the Columbian Exchange?

• new countries and cities were formed

• disease and slavery killed millions

• new crops wiped out old and horses destroyed farmland

• new governments and economic systems were created

Diseases from the Old World animals included measles, yellow fever, chicken pox, and _____.

• Cancer

• Heart Disease

• Smallpox

• Ebola

The Columbian Exchange. was a movement of _______, between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. 

• people/cultures

• disease

• animal/plants

• all of the above

As native populations decreased in the Americas from sickness and overwork, Europeans looked for new sources of labor by enslaving the ____________.

• Spanish

• Native Americans

• Africans

• Portugese

What was the primary cause of death for Native Americans?

• Disease

• War

• Slavery

• Food Poisoning