The Columbian Exchange

Who sailed from Spain and landed in the Bahamas in 1492?

• Hernan Cortes
• Fransico Pizzaro
• Christopher Columbus
• Fidel Castro

Where did Columbus mistakenly think he landed?

• Europe
• Indies of Asia
• Australia
• North America

What was the primary cause of death for Native Americans?

• Disease
• War
• Slavery
• Food Poisoning

Diseases from the Old World animals included measles, yellow fever, chicken pox, and _____.

• Cancer
• Smallpox
• Heart diseases
• Ebola

What two people groups were most negatively affected by the Columbian Exchange?

• Native Americans & Africans
• Africans & Europeans
• Asians & Europeans
• Asians & Native Americans

What were 2 negative effects of the Columbian Exchange?

• new countries and cities were formed
• disease and slavery killed millions
• new crops wiped out old and horses destroyed farmland
• new governments and economic systems were created

•Where did Corn (maize) come from?

• Old World
• New World

As native populations decreased in the Americas from sickness and overwork, Europeans looked for new sources of labor by enslaving the ____________.

• Africans
• Spanish
• Portuguese

What group of people suffered the most during the Columbian Exchange?

• Animals
• Explorers
• Native Americans
• Europeans

•Where did horses come from?

• Old World
• New World