Columbian Exchange Quiz

The Columbian Exchange was a transfer between Europe and North America.

• Plants, animals, and diseases

• Slaves

• Spices

• All of the Above

It promotes imperialism, colonialism, tariffs, and subsidies on traded goods to achieve that goal.

• Mercantilism

• Columbia Exchange

• entrepreneur

• capitalism

Did the introduction of horses improve or hurt the Plains Indians?_______________________________

• improve

• hurt

When did the Columbian Exchange take place?

• Before 1492
• During the European Dark Ages
• After WW2
• After 1492

How did diseases impact the New World?

• They didn't
• They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans
• They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous people
• They helped the natives beat the Spanish

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

• Africans
• Spanish
• Portuguese

Europeans turned to African slaves after American Indians died off from diseases like small pox, measles, and malaria.

• True
• False

What animal changed life for American Indians?

• pigs
• chickens
• horses
• cows

What was one outcome of the Columbian Exchange that had a negative impact on the Native Americans?

• Native Americans were left alone by the Europeans.

• Native Americans caught diseases from the Europeans.

• Native Americans gained advanced technology from Europeans.

• Native Americans created trading relationships with Europeans.

How did the Columbian Exchange positively impact the Europeans?

• Europeans gained access to healthier crops.

• Europeans created tension between themselves and the Native Americans.

• Europeans gained access to advanced weaponry.

• Europeans were exposed to and died from several deadly diseases.