Chapter 2 Lesson 3

Which statement best defines the Columbian Exchange?

• the trade of goods and ideas between Europeans, Africans, and American Indians
• the passing of germs from Europeans to American Indians that resulted in epidemics
• a slave trade between Europeans and Africans that financed Columbus’s voyages
• the passage of European officials across the Atlantic to fill new positions in colonial governments

Which trade would reflect the Columbian Exchange?

• peppers for potatoes
• corn for tomatoes
• horses for wheat
• sugar for grapes

Which statement accurately relates information in the table to a negative effect of the Columbian Exchange?

• The trade of crops and livestock from America required people to grow and raise these goods, and this provided jobs for native peoples.
• The trade of sugar grown in America required people to grow it, and this led to plantations and forced labor.
• Europeans traded potatoes and tomatoes to America, which made these foods part of the American Indian diet.
• Europeans traded pigs, horses, and goats to America, which led to a shortage of these goods in Europe.

What negative effect of the Columbian Exchange is shown here?

• war
• trade
• slavery
• disease

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• A prisoner exchange between Cortes and the Aztecs

• A peace exchagne between Columbus and the Taino

• An exchange of cultures and goods between Europe and Asia

• An exchange of cultures and goods across the Atlantic Ocean.

Which is the best example of culture?

• European explorers used technology to sail greater distances.

• American Indians did not have immunity to diseases like smallpox

• American Indians had oral traditions rather than written languages

• European explorers killed, conquered, and enslaved American Indians

Which had the greatest effect on American Indian populations?

• Crops

• Diseases

• Horses

• Plantations

What statement best supports the argument that the Age of Exploration did more harm than good?

• European settlers formed plantations to grow sugar.

• Millions of American Indians died, and their cultures changed.

• Many of the brave sailors and explorers never returned home.

• Expeditions were explensive and cost more than they brought home.

Which is the best conclusion to draw about the Columbian Exchange?

• American Indians may have been exposed to a new culture, but much of it was forced on them.

• Eurpopean cultures were enriched but at great expense to the economies of those European nations.

• European explorers and conquistadors improved the lives of American Indians by modernizing them.

• The Columbian Exchange helped American Indians and European colonists more than people in Europe.