Wk 10 Studies Weekly: consequences of contact

The Columbian Exchange included which continents?

• the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia

• Europe, Africa, and the Americas

• Europe, Asia, and Africa

• the Americas, Russia, and Australia

What was exchanged in the Columbian Exchange?

• Flowers & Goods

• goods, plants & sand

• goods, people, plants, animals, and diseases

• plants, animals, and flowers

A privateer is ...

• a sailor who robs the poor and gives to the rich

• a merchant who attacks and robs ships

• a pirate who robs from the rich and gives to the poor

• a pirate who legally captures and sells goods

Europeans were willing to pay the highest price for...

• fruit

• sugar

• molasses

• all of these

Where does sugarcane grow best?

• England

• Spain

• The Caribbean

• Spain

People of the Americas met their wants and needs by.....

• depending entirely on trade

• using resources from the land around them

• selling things for money

• depending upon manufactured goods

What did the Europeans and the native peoples of the Americas have in common?

• They both grew crops and had structured societies

• They both traded goods

• They both grew crops, traded good AND had vibrant societies

• they both had vibrant, structured societies

What was the result of the high demand for sugar?

• the price of sugarcane went down

• the prices of sugarcane remained stable

• the price of sugar can went up while the amount produced went down

• the producers worked to increase the supply of sugarcane

Who harvested the sugarcane on plantations?

• hired workers

• recent settlers

• plantation owners and their families

• enslaved people

Exploration of the Americas created a new market for selling...

• horses

• cocoa beans

• enslaved Africans

• indentured servants