Columbian Exchange Quiz

Columbian Exchange Quiz

12th Grade

10 Qs

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Columbian Exchange Quiz

Columbian Exchange Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

History

12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Melanie Ring

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main cause of the decline in the indigenous population of the Americas?

Deforestation

Forced labor

Disease

Superior weapons

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which disease brought by Europeans caused the majority of deaths among indigenous Americans?

Smallpox

Typhus

Influenza

Measles

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which animal brought by Europeans transformed the culture of the American Indians living in the Plains region?

Cattle

Pigs

Sheep

Horses

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which crop introduced to Europe from the Americas caused tremendous population growth in the 16th and 17th centuries?

Beans

Tomatoes

Potatoes

Maize

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main moneymaker for the European empires in the Americas?

Sugar

Wheat

Tobacco

Silver

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which language created by enslaved Africans in the Americas dominates the Caribbean islands even today?

Gullah

Creole

Banjo

Geechee

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main effect of the Columbian Exchange on the population of Africa during the 16th and 17th centuries?

Population decline

Population growth

No change in population

Migration to the Americas

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