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WorksheetsThe Columbian Exchange
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 38mins
How would you best describe the Columbian Exchange?
Colombia getting goods from around the world
An exchange of Colombian coffee
Europe trading goods to the Americas in exchange for their resources, named after Christopher Columbus
An exchange of Colombian Culture
What Three things were changed as a result of the Colombian Exchange
Germs
Warfare
Animals
Plants
Why did so many natives die of diseases from the Old World?
They were weaker than the Europeans
They were never exposed to these diseases so they were not immune
They got infections from battling the Europeans
They didn't, populations actually increased among native peoples
Due to the mass number of natives dying off, what did Europeans do to replace the loss of labor
Bring more Europeans to work the land
Go to Africa and get slaves to do the work
The Chinese sent help with their best workers
They just continued to work with less people
Spaniards were also accustomed to riding horses, eating beef, goat and pork, and wearing clothes made from wool. These habits led to the importation of cows, goats, horses, pigs, and sheep.
Which of the following was not an animal brought by the Europeans?
Pigs
Cows
Llamas
Horses
Why did populations increase due to the Colombian Exchange?
People were getting wealthy and could afford more children
They were trying to repopulate the New World on their own
A mixing of Native and European people created more population
There was in increase in food supply, feeding families became easier and therefor they could have more kids
Why did the population in Africa go down during the Columbian Exchange?
Africans were moving around the world
Africans were being taken by Europeans to the Americas as slaves
There was a drought that killed all the crops
There was a civil war
True or False: The trans-Atlantic slave trade occurred because Old World diseases killed millions of New World natives.
True
False
New World crops such as beans, corn, manioc, and potatoes, grew remarkably well in the Old World. In fact, the Old World found that many of these crops grew far better than the traditional crops that had been raised for centuries by Old World farmers, because the soil proved to be better suited for the new seeds from the New World.
Why did New World crops do well in the Old World?
They just did
Old world Farmers were better than New World farmers
The New World seeds were better suited for the Old World soil
There was more rain in Europe
New World crops such as beans, corn, and potatoes, grew remarkably well in the Old World. In fact, the Old World found that many of these crops grew far better than the traditional crops that had been raised for centuries by Old World farmers, because the soil proved to be better suited for the new seeds from the New World.
What Three crops would grow remarkably well in the Old World?
Casava
Corn
Beans
Potatoes
Which of the following is a positive result of the Columbian Exchange in terms of Animals?
Pirates attacked Spanish ships and took the animals
The Slave Trade begins in Africa
Europeans leave home for a new life in the Americas
Cows, Pigs, Horses, and Goats were brought to the Americas
Between the late fifteenth and the late seventeenth centuries, about thirty to ninety percent of Native Americans died from diseases such as chicken pox, malaria, measles, pneumonia, scarlet fever, smallpox, and typhus.
According to the text, What Three diseases did the Europeans expose the Natives to?
Malaria
Covid-19
Smallpox
Pneumonia
