BrainPop - Columbian Exchange

Why is the Columbian Exchange named after Christopher Columbus?

• a. He invented the term

• b. He was an expert on Central American species

• c. His ship was nicknamed the Columbian Exchange

• d. His voyages marked the Exchange's beginning

During the Columbian Exchange, which way did plants, animals, diseases, and people flow?

• a. From west to east only

• b. From east to west only

• c. From both east to west and west to east

• d. From both north to south and south to north

What do potatoes, corn, and gold have in common?

• a. Native people transported them to Europe

• b. They all made European countries richer

• c. They were all discovered by Columbus

• d. Europeans introduced all of them to the Americas

What is the goal of a missionary?

• a. To convert people to their religion

• b. To make money for their country

• c. To set up cash crop plantations

• d. To seek out gold in the Americas

Which was most essential to European conquest?

• a. Horses

• b. Disease

• c. Metal

• d. Guns

How did the Plains peoples respond to the introduction of horses?

• a. They feared them and avoided them when possible

• b. They embraced them as a new part of their culture

• c. They began to domesticate animals native to America

• d. They created new weapons to defeat European on horses

How did sugarcane contribute to the formation of the Atlantic slave trade?

• a. Slave trading ships were made out of sugarcane stalks

• b. Slave traders were paid in sugarcane

• c. Europeans enslaved Africans to work on sugarcane plantations

• d. Sugarcane was the main currency used in the Atlantic slave trade

Which food decreased European famine during the Columbian Exchange?

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Which continent benefitted most during the first 100 years of the Columbian Exchange?

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Which of these is an example of the long-lasting impact of the Columbian Exchange?

• a. Horses are still used for transportation in many parts of Europe

• b. Corn remains a staple of many North American diets

• c. Smallpox can now be prevented with a vaccine

• d. Spanish is the main spoken language in many Central American countries