Unit 3.6 Columbian Exchange

When did Columbus make his first voyage to the New World?

• 1492 AD

• 1492 BC

• 1606 AD

• 1606 BC

Who conquered the Aztec?

• Hernan Cortes

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

Who conquered the Inca?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Christoforo Columbo

• Hernan Cortes

Which continents are part of the Americas?

• Europe, Asia, Africa
• North America & South America
• Australia & Antarctica
• the United States and Russia

The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of ____________ between the Old World and the New World.

• men and ships for exploring
• money for items
• products, ideas, plants, animals and diseases
• buying goods from Africa

What cause many Native Americans to die during the time of the Columbian Exchange?

• Diseases
• Spoiled Food
• Spoiled Meat
• War with Europeans

What group of people suffered the most during the Columbian Exchange?

• Animals
• Explorers
• Native Americans
• Europeans

The Columbian Exchange was started due to the discovery of America by ______________?

• Henry Hudson

• Leif Erikson

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

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

• Africans

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• Americans

How did sugar-cane contribute to the formation of the Atlantic slave trade?

• Slave trading ships were made out of sugarcane stalks
• Only african slaves knew how to grow sugarcane
• African slaves were needed to work on sugarcane plantations
• Sugarcane was the main currency used in the Atlantic slave trade