Columbian Exchange and Atlantic Slave Trade

Columbian Exchange and Atlantic Slave Trade

6th - 8th Grade

12 Qs

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Columbian Exchange and Atlantic Slave Trade

Columbian Exchange and Atlantic Slave Trade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Columbian Exchange?

A trade route established between Europe and Asia

The movement of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old World and the New World

A series of wars between European countries over trade routes

The discovery of gold in the Americas

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was a major effect of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas?

Introduction of Old World diseases like smallpox, which decimated indigenous populations

Introduction of new farming tools

The spread of democracy

The establishment of peace treaties between European nations and indigenous peoples

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which crop, introduced to Europe from the Americas, had a major impact on European diets and populations?

Wheat

Potatoes

Rice

Apples

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the Columbian Exchange impact the global economy?

It led to increased self-sufficiency in each region

It created new trade routes and increased the demand for enslaved labor

It decreased trade between continents

It had little impact on the global economy

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one negative consequence of the Columbian Exchange on Africa?

Loss of major trade partners

Spread of European diseases

Decline in agricultural productivity

Increase in the transatlantic slave trade

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is mercantilism?

A system of government ruled by a single monarch

When a nation gains profit and wealth by exporting more than what they import

When a nation loses profit and wealth by importing more than what they export

A colonial social movement that protested taxation by the colony's mother country.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The voyage that was taken to transport enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas was called ___________________________. 

Mercantilism

The Slave Route

Triangle Trade

The Middle Passage

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