WorksheetsThe Columbian Exchange
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of money between the old world and new world.
The Columbian Exchange Program created by the old world and new world.
When people from the old world interacted with people from the new world and there was an exchange of diseases, plants, animals, and humans.
Historians estimate that more than ______ of indigenous people died during the Colombian Exchange.
80%
90%
75%
40%
From what diseases did many Native Americans die from?
flu, cold, and influenza
smallpox, measles, and mumps
heart disease, plague, chickenpox
What plants came from the new world?
corn, potatoes, and cassava
wheat, coffee and sugar cane
apples, banana, coffee
Which crops came from the old world?
sweet potatoes, corn, and cassava
pineapple, cacao, and beans
wheat, coffee, and sugar cane.
Native Americans had never seen a cow or horse before_________.
1992
1492
1942
What was not exchanged during the Columbian Exchange?
Humans
Disease
Plants
Money
What Old World livestock created new eating opportunities in the Americas?
Pig and Chickens
Horse and cows
llamas and donkeys
What animal helped mounted messengers deliver letters faster?
donkeys
cows
horses
Who farmed wheat, coffee, and sugar cane in large plantations?
The Americans
Native Americans
Enslaved people
