Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange includes the transfer of which of the following?

• people

• plants

• animals

• disease

• knowledge

The Columbian Exchange was started due to the "discovery" of the Americas by ______________?

• Henry Hudson

• Leif Erikson

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

What was the MAIN reason for the Age of Exploration to start?

• To find better routes to Asia to buy spices and luxury goods

• To find new crops to feed starving Europeans

• To ease overpopulation in Europe

• To find places where they could freely practice their religion

What was the main reason Europeans began exploring in the 1400s?

• To find a trade route to Asia

• To find the Americas

• To fight the Chinese

• To discover new lands

What killed a large percentage of the indigenous population?

• Wild cattle

• Diseases

• War

During the Columbian Exchange, which way did plants, animals, diseases, and people flow? 

• From west to east only 
• From east to west only 
• From both east to west and west to east 
• From both north to south and south to north

What animal changed life for the American Indians?

• Pigs
• Chickens
• Horses
• Cows

Even today, the exchange between cultures continues to affect people around the world

• True
• False

Native Americans, or indigenous people, did not have horses until horses were brought to the new world by Spanish and European explorers.

• True

• False

Turkeys come from _____________.