Crash Course - The Columbian Exchange

What is the term for the widespread exchange of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries?

• The Great Migration

• The Silk Road

• The Columbian Exchange

• The Age of Exploration

What food had Europeans never seen before they came to the Americas?

• Wheat

• Tomatoes

• Grapes

• Olives

What animal did Native Americans first encounter when Europeans arrived?

• Dogs

• Horses

• Deer

• Bison

What was the biggest reason many Native Americans died after Europeans arrived?

• Wars with Europeans

• Lack of food

• New diseases

• Natural disasters

What happened when leaders like Inca ruler Huayna Capac died from European diseases?

• Their empires became stronger.

• It led to power struggles and made their empires weaker.

• Europeans left the Americas.

• New leaders quickly found cures for the diseases.

Which plant from the Americas became popular in Europe but caused many health problems?

• Corn

• Potatoes

• Tobacco

• Beans

Which of these animals were brought to the Americas from Europe during the Columbian Exchange?

• Llamas, guinea pigs, bison

• Pigs, cows, horses

• Deer, bears, wolves

• Monkeys, elephants, tigers

Why were pigs important to the food supply in the New World?

• They were easy to train for farming.

• They could only eat special types of plants.

• They bred quickly and could eat almost anything, providing a lot of meat.

• They produced valuable wool for clothing.

How did European animals like oxen and horses change the way people worked and traveled in the Americas?

• They made hunting more difficult.

• They helped people grow more food and made travel easier.

• They were mostly used for entertainment.

• They caused many native animals to disappear.

How did the introduction of horses change the lives of some Native American groups?

• They started building more permanent homes.

• They began to farm more land.

• They could hunt buffalo more easily and became nomadic.

• They used horses to pull their fishing boats.