Columbian Exchange Brainpop

Why is the Columbian Exchange named after Christopher Columbus?

• He invented the term

• He was an expert on Central American species

• His ship was nicknamed the Columbian Exchange

• His voyages marked the Exchange's beginning

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

• From west to east only

• From east to west only

• From both east to west and west to east

• From both north to south and south to north

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

• Native people transported them to Europe

• They all made European countries richer

• They were all discovered by Columbus

• Europeans introduced all of them to the Americas

What is the goal of a missionary?

• To convert people to their religion

• To make money for their country

• To set up cash crop plantations

• To seek out gold in the Americas

Which was most essential to European conquest?

• horses

• disease

• metal

• guns

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

• They feared them and avoided them when possible

• They embraced them as a new part of their culture

• They began to domesticate animals native to America

• They created new weapons to defeat European on horses

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

• Slave trading ships were made out of sugarcane stalks

• Slave traders were paid in sugarcane

• Europeans enslaved Africans to work on sugarcane plantations

• 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?

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

• Corn remains a staple of many North American diets

• Smallpox can now be prevented with a vaccine

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