Columbian Exchange and Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

What is the Columbian Exchange?

• The trade of goods and ideas between Europe and Asia only

• The transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old World and the New World after 1492

• The movement of gold from Africa to Europe

• The migration of Native Americans to Europe

Which of the following was a major crop introduced to Europe from the Americas during the Columbian Exchange?

• Wheat

• Potatoes

• Rice

• Barley

Which continent did enslaved Africans primarily come from during the Atlantic Slave Trade?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• Australia

What disease, brought by Europeans, had a devastating effect on Native American populations?

• Malaria

• Smallpox

• Tuberculosis

• Chickenpox

Which group was forcibly transported across the Atlantic Ocean as part of the Atlantic Slave Trade?

• European settlers

• African slaves

• Asian merchants

• Native Americans

Which of the following is an example of continuity in world history?

• The ongoing use of horses for transportation in some societies

• The invention of the steam engine

• The discovery of the Americas

• The abolition of slavery

Which event is considered historically significant for its impact on global trade and culture?

• The building of the Great Wall of China

• The Columbian Exchange

• The invention of the printing press

• The fall of the Roman Empire

Which of the following best describes a result of the Atlantic Slave Trade?

• The spread of democracy in Africa

• The forced migration of millions of Africans to the Americas

• The end of European colonization

• The discovery of gold in the Americas

Which of the following is an example of a good that moved from the Americas to Europe during the Columbian Exchange?

• Horses

• Maize (corn)

• Coffee

• Sugarcane

Which term refers to the blending of African, European, and Native American cultures in the Americas?

• Segregation

• Cultural diffusion

• Isolationism

• Colonization