Unit 06/07

Which of the following descries the Columbian Exchange?

• The exchange of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from Old World to New World and from New World to Old World

• The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from the Old World to New World only

• The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from the New World to Old World only

• The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from South America to North America only

What happened to the population of many indigenous Americans due to Europe's invasion and colonization of Latin America?

• The population decreased significantly due to diseases and warfare

• The population increased significantly due to diseases and warfare

• The population didn't change much

• The population increased significantly due to the new crops and animals

The Columbian Exchange had positive and negative impacts for both the New and Old World.

• True

• False

What belief went from the Old to the New World during the Columbian Exchange?

• Christianity

• astronomy

• Indian gods

• the wheel

What continents are in the New World?

• North America

• South America

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

What continents are in the Old World?

• North America

• South America

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

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

• Africans
• Spanish
• Portuguese

This group of explorers were seeking "gold, god, and glory"

• Native Americans

• Knights

• Vikings

• Conquistadors

What is the Middle Passage?

• Water Route Through North America
• European slave trade with India
• European Slave trade with North America
• European slave trade with the Americas

Why were Africans captured and forced to work in the Americas?

• to share riches and wealth with them
• to provide more workers for the plantations
• to give them diseases
• to spread Christianity