Columbian Exchange and European Expansion

Why did the population of the world increase during the Columbian Exchange?

• Millions of Africans and Native Americans were killed, leaving more food and resources for the rest of the world

• Young couples in Europe started having more children.

• It brought new crops from the Americas, improved nutrition, and started Europe's economic shift towards capitalism

• None of the above

Columbus thought he had arrive at ___________ and therefore called the indigenous people he met Indians

• Cathay

• Africa

• America

• India

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• The global exchange of plants, food, diseases, and people over continents

• A method of currency created by Christopher Columbus

• The exchange of slave labor from Africa to the Americas

• The movement of people from the Americas to Europe

Which of the following is a way exploration affected the Natives of the Americas?

• They contracted many diseases and many died

• They were treated well by the Europeans

• They were exposed to Llamas

• They were provided with potatoes by the Europeans

Match the term below that best goes with these: trading goods, ideas, and diseases from different continents.

• Northwest Passage

• Encomienda

• Columbian Exchange

• Conquistador

What was the purpose of Columbus' expeditions?

• To find a shorter route to Asia by sailing West

• To claim land in Canada

• To explore the Hudson Bay

• None of the above

How did the Columbian Exchange affect Europe?

• Many Native Americans traveled to Europe

• Europeans could use coins for the first time because they had gold and silver

• American food plants, such as corn and potatoes, improved the diet of Europeans

• Transportation in Europe improved because of the horses brought from the Americas

What was the "New" World?

• The Americas

• Europe

• Africa

• Asia

Some historians view Henry the Navigator negatively. This is because he...

• was the architect of the Atlantic slave trade

• gave Christopher Columbus three ships

• was Portuguese

• The correct answer is not provided

How did diseases help impact the New World?

• They helped the Natives conquer the Spanish

• The Europeans all died from diseases

• The Native America population decreased

• All of the above