Unit 1: Columbian Exchange Review

What is the Columbian Exchange?

• The transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the European colonization of the Americas

• The migration of American Indian tribes to Europe

• The spread of diseases from the Old World to the New World

• The exchange of goods between Europe and Asia

What impact did the spread of diseases from the Old World have on the American Indian tribes?

• Led to the deaths of millions of members of Indigenous tribes

• Improved their immunity to diseases

• Had no impact on their population

• Caused them to migrate to Europe

What was the impact of the Columbian Exchange on the native population of the Americas?

• Significant increase

• Significant decrease

• No change

• Fluctuations over time

Who made the Old World

• Europe, Asia, Africa

• Spain, Antarctica, Hawaii

• Alaska, Japan, Saudi Arabia

• Oceania, Africa, Europe

Which of the following is a benefit of the Columbian Exchange?

• Native populations increased in the Americas

• It improved people's diets, and health which increased the world population

• The printing press was invented, accelerating collective learning

• People discovered gold in Columbian mountain ranges

What was something bad that came from the Columbian Exchange?

• diseases were spread between continents which resulted in massive outbreaks among some civilizations.

• Overall global nutrition decreased due to improper farming practices.

• America became an absolute monarchy.

• Education levels decreased globally.

how did the Columbian Exchange affect society?

• increased the population, improved education, but also negatively impacted Native Americans through disease and the invasion from Europeans

• It shifted the global economic system away from capitalism and towards feudalism

• it killed about 70% of the world population

• it helped America become a global superpower

An __________ is an outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and effects many people.  This happened when the Europeans settled in the Americas

• Exchange
• Epidemic
• Virus

• Culture

This animal brought from Europe was new to the Americas.  They helped the Native Americans search and hunt food, also fight off enemies.

• Pigs
• Horses
• Llamas
• Cows

True or False? Many Europeans died from deadly diseases that the Native Americans exposed to them.

• True
• False