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The Columbian Exchange

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
Date
1.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

a)

The war between Columbia and Germany

b)

Another name for the westward expansion

c)

A period of globalization for plants, animals, technology, diseases, and culture during the 15th and 16th centuries.

d)

An award winning movie made in 1982

2.

What was 1 of the benefits from the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Many Native Americans died from diseases

b)

It improved people's diets, and health which increased the world population

c)

the first flying car was made, due to advancements in technology

d)

people discovered gold in Columbian mountain ranges

3.

What was something bad that came from the Columbian Exchange?

a)

diseases were spread between continents which resulted in massive outbreaks among some civilizations.

b)

Giant sea monsters sunk almost every ship

c)

war broke out in Antarctica

d)

the world economy improved

4.

how did the Columbian Exchange affect society?

a)

increased the population, improved education, but also negatively impacted Native Americans through disease and the invasion from Europeans

b)

it improved the economy

c)

it killed about 70% of the world population

d)

it helped America in the "Race to Space" against Russia

5.

How did the Columbian Exchange affect the economy?

a)

Columbia lost a lot of money after The Great Heist of 1764

b)

it allowed the stock market to grow

c)

it caused the economy to crash

d)

it greatly improved the economy due to the influx of goods flowing through all the ports.

6.

how did the Columbian Exchange affect technology?

a)

it allowed the first to be sent into space

b)

it created new types of ships built to carry heavier and larger cargo

c)

the first submarine was built

d)

the World Wide Web was created

7.

how did the Columbian Exchange affect culture?

a)

due to the war in 1901, culture was forever changed due to the new imperialistic dictator.

b)

after 80% of the world population mysteriously disappeared, many cultures were drastically changed or forgotten.

c)

due to overall improvements in the economy, technology, education, etc.. the world population became more modernized which forever altered the culture.

d)

it didn't affect culture

8.

How did the Columbian Exchange affect politics?

a)

due to the election the world became split between two sides

b)

after the civil war, Columbian leaders had no idea how to rebuild their country.

c)

it created 7 main world dictators, one for each continent

d)

world leaders saw the exponential growth of their countries, and quickly became power hungry which lead to the taxing of trade, and growth in their navies and armies