The Columbian Exchange

What was the Columbian Exchange?

Choose the reasons why the Columbian Exchange had negative effects on Native Americans? Choose all that apply.

• Conquistadores killed Native people in battle.

• Native Americans willingly forgot their language.

• Settlers gave them part of their land.

• Priests forced Native Americans to give up their beliefs and convert to Catholicism.

• White settlers forced Native American to work their land or their mine without paying them

Why were germs such as smallpox, measles, and malaria were so bad for Native American people?

• Because they didn't have modern hospitals yet.

• Because they were new germs to Native Americans and their bodies did not have any defense against them.

• Because Native Americans opposed to vaccination.

• Because they left scars on their faces.

How did Europeans reacted to the constant reduction of Native American people to tend to their gardens.

• They started trading slaves from Africa.

• They started trading Europeans from England.

• They started paying white workers a good pay.

• They forced Native American women to have more children.

Explain why this diagram is a good representation of the Columbian Exchange. Give specific examples.

Explain why horses are parts of the Columbian exchange and explain the positive effects they have on Native American people.

"The Columbian Exchange had a positive effect on the diet of people on both sides of the Atlantic".

Choose the best reason why the following statement is correct.

• Agriculture is better when you can exchange crops regularly.

• People living on all of the three continents now had way more foods available to them, and this variety improved the quality of their nutrition.

• People living on all of the three continents now had way more foods available to them, and this variety made their meals much less boring.

• People living on all of the three continents now had a greater choice of foods for their meal.

Why was the introduction of sugare cane bad for Native people and Africans?

How did Europeans and Native Americans exchange cultures, as well?