Columbian Exchange and World Trade Patterns

What European countries competed for colonies?

Which countries had a strong presence in the Americas?

How did events in the Age of Exploration lead to the development of modern capitalism?

What did the Columbian Exchange cause to happen?

• Sharing of new ideas & products caused economic growth 
• Sharing of new ideas & products caused the economy to get worse
• Europeans were killed by American diseases.
• A sharing of jobs in both the Americas and Europe between Native Americans and immigrants

What was one result of the Columbian Exchange for the Europeans?

• Europe's military grew
• Europe's population grew
• Europe was a new place for vacations
• Nothing really happened

Europeans brought _________________ which killed 80-90% of the population.

• tobacco

• onions

• oranges

• disease

Which crop, introduced from the Americas to Europe, became a staple food and contributed to population growth?

• Wheat

• Rice

• Potato

• Corn

Why was increased slave labor a result of the Columbian Exchange?

• Asians utilized it make silk in India

• Europeans used it to grow cash crops in the Americas

• Europeans used it to grow cash crops in Europe

Europeans turned to African slaves after indigenous people died from diseases like smallpox, measles, and malaria.

• True
• False

Which statement best summarizes the impact of the Columbian Exchange?

• It had a positive impact on the lives of those in the New World and Old World.

• It had a negative impact on the New World, but a positive impact on the Old World.

• It was a mixed blessing for the New and Old Worlds; there were both positive and negative impacts.

• The New World began to rely on goods from the Old World, and still do today