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The Columbian Exchange

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

a)

The exchange of money between the old world and new world.

b)

The Columbian Exchange Program created by the old world and new world.

c)

When people from the old world interacted with people from the new world and there was an exchange of diseases, plants, animals, and humans.

2.

Historians estimate that more than ______ of indigenous people died during the Colombian Exchange.

a)

80%

b)

90%

c)

75%

d)

40%

3.

From what diseases did many Native Americans die from?

a)

flu, cold, and influenza

b)

smallpox, measles, and mumps

c)

heart disease, plague, chickenpox

4.

What plants came from the new world?

a)

corn, potatoes, and cassava

b)

wheat, coffee and sugar cane

c)

apples, banana, coffee

5.

Which crops came from the old world?

a)

sweet potatoes, corn, and cassava

b)

pineapple, cacao, and beans

c)

wheat, coffee, and sugar cane.

6.

Native Americans had never seen a cow or horse before_________.

a)

1992

b)

1492

c)

1942

7.

What was not exchanged during the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Humans

b)

Disease

c)

Plants

d)

Money

8.

What Old World livestock created new eating opportunities in the Americas?

a)

Pig and Chickens

b)

Horse and cows

c)

llamas and donkeys

9.

What animal helped mounted messengers deliver letters faster?

a)

donkeys

b)

cows

c)

horses

10.

Who farmed wheat, coffee, and sugar cane in large plantations?

a)

The Americans

b)

Native Americans

c)

Enslaved people