The Columbian Exchange

European countries began to seek out faster trade routes to what country?

• Australia
• Africa
• North America
• Asia

What year did Spain finance Christopher Columbus' voyage?

• 1490
• 1500
• 1485
• 1492

Where did Columbus believe he reached?

• The Americas
• The East Indies

• Africa
• Australia

What country did Columbus actually reach?

• The Bahamas

• India
• Africa
• Spain

New trade routes between the New World and the Old World became known as what?

Name 2 things that were traded and transported in the Columbian Exchange.

Name two of the countries involved in the Columbian Exchange.

Name 3 of the resources that were bought from the Americas to Europe.

Name 3 of the resources bought from Europe to the Americas.

Consider all of the positive effects of the Columbian exchange. Things like access to more foods, new animals, raw materials, and new plants. Choose one of the positives and write a 5 sentence paragraph about how this resource affected the world then and how it affects you personally now. Also, include what you think would happen if you did not have access to this resource.