WHII 4.3: The Columbian Exchange

What word means having to do with farming?

• Agricultural

• Farmical

• Growing

• Aquamarine

Why did explorers come to America?

• They wanted to spread Christianity

• They wanted to gain new knowledge

• They wanted to expand and claim land

• All of the above

What is the most likely reason European countries wanted to establish colonies in the New World?

• Colonies would firmly establish their presence in the New World

• Colonies would keep other European countries from trying to claim the land.

• Colonies would keep problems with American Indians in the area to a minimum.

• All of the above

What does the word "Converting" mean in this sentence? And they worked on CONVERTING the Native Americans to Christianity?

• Continuing their beleifs

• Changing from one belief to another

• Writing new beliefs

• Moving to a new place

During the Middle Ages, Europeans did not eat potatoes or corn because these vegetables:

• Were forbidden by the Catholic Church for religious reasons

• Had not been introduced in Europe from the New World

• Were believed to be poisonous

• Were too expensive to import from China.

The Native American population of Mexico in 1492 has been estimaged at 25 million; the population in 1608 has been estimated at 1.7 million. This decrease in population was mainly a result of:

• Crop failures brought on by poor weather conditions

• Emigration of native Americans to Europe and Africa

• Wars between various native groups

• Diseases introduced by the Spanish

The Columbian Exchange was _________________.

• The movement of peoples, agricultural commodities, diseases, and cultures.

• The movement of money from one country to another.

• The movement of people and culture to Columbia.

• The movement or exchange of currency from one country to another.

– Term referring to the native peoples or species of a given place

• Indigenous

• Immigrants

• Colonials

• Imports

The enslavement and forced transportation of 12-15 million black Africans to the Americas between the 15th and 19th centuries

• Transatlantic Slave Trade

• The Atlantic Passage

• Atlantic Tradeway

• The Pacific Trade Route

Europeans were not as affected by the diseases they brought to the Americas because they had _________________ .

• mercantilism

• epidemiology

• immunity

• colonization