Latin America Columbian Exchange and Triangle Trade

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Which of the following is NOT a reason explaining why Africans were the ideal workforce on plantations in the Americas? Options: They resisted tropical disease, They were used to tropical climate, similar to the climate at southern plantations, They were used to the hard work commonly experienced on the farms, They did not have to travel far away from their home to the plantation

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They did not have to travel far away from their home to the plantation

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Some slaves decided to jump overboard and drowned instead of remaining on the slave ship.

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True

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The majority of slaves that were brought to the American colonies were brought to...

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Work on plantations

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How did the Columbian Exchange result in the Transatlantic Slave Trade? Options: Diseases wiped out Native American populations, Europeans needed labor to plant crops in the New World, Native Americans would rebel or run away from slave masters, All of the above

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All of the above

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How were the conditions of the slave boats during the Middle Passage?

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The conditions were dirty and unsanitary for the slaves.

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Based on the map above, which of the following exports left from the Americas? bananas and peaches, grapes and citrus fruits, coffee beans and sugar cane, tomatoes and corn

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tomatoes and corn

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Which food came from the New World to the Old World? (Options: corn, barley, horses, turnips)

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corn

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What disease traveled from the Old to the New World? Options: migrains, smallpox, astronomy, textiles

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smallpox

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The global trading of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas begun after Columbus's first voyage is known as __________________.

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The Columbian Exchange

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Europeans were not as affected by the diseases they brought to the Americas because they had _________________ .

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immunity