Columbian Exchange

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 Black people

• They were provided with potatoes by the Europeans

What was the purpose of Columbus' expeditions?

• To find a shorter route to India 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

How did diseases help impact the New World?

• They helped the Natives conquer the Spanish

• The Europeans all died from diseases

• The Native American population decreased

• All of the above

Which two countries dominated trade during the Age of Exploration?

• Spain and Italy

• Portugal and England

• France and England

• Spain and Portugal

What strategic advantage did horses give the Spanish Conquistadors over the Aztecs?

• They scared the Aztec away because they had never seen horses before

• They enabled them to attack and move faster

• The horses brought diseases from the Old World which eventually wiped out the Aztec

• None of the above