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WorksheetsCCWH#23 The Columbian Exchange
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
The Columbian Exchange has led to
Less biological diversity
Greater biological diversity
What was the primary response of Caribbean Islanders or Native Americans or Amerindians to Old World diseases?
Death
They were unphased by Old World diseases
A long period of incapacitation followed by the long recovery.
Slight aches and pains followed by a quick recovery.
Which of the following best describes the estimate of Natives killed by disease?
50 - 90%
10 - 20%
10 - 50%
20 - 70%
Though the population of the new world was raged by multiple new world diseases at once which disease is often seen as the biggest killer?
Smallpox
Chickenpox
Measles
Typhus
Which of the following were effects of diseases in the new world?
50-90% of the native population died.
It kicked off a series of succession struggles after native leaders died of it.
It created a cycle of food shortages.
It weakened the armies of native peoples.
What disease is one example of a new world disease affecting the old world?
syphilis
smallpox
tythpus
polio
Which new world crop has done extensive damage across the world? Notably, led to more American deaths than the actual fighting in WWII?
Tobacco
Heroine
Peyote
Marijuana
Which were old-world animals that caught on in the new world?
Cows
Pigs
Horses
Llamas
The largest beast of burden in the Americas domesticated by the natives prior to Columbus was?
Buffalo
Ox
Horses
Llamas
The old world animal radically changed the lives of plains Indians.
Buffalo
Ox
Horses
Llamas
According to this episode which of the following from the Columbian Exchange had the greatest positive impact?
Plants
People
Disease
Ideas
Which of the following are examples of old-world crops not found in the Americas prior to Columbus?
Wheat
Grapes
Potatoes
Corn
Which are some new world crops that radically changed the old world?
Potatoes
Corn
Chilis
Tomatoes
Which of the following best describes the effect of new world crops on world population since the Columbian Exchange?
The population radically increased and has continued to increase ever since.
The population radically decreased and has continued to decrease ever since.
New world crops lead to the destruction of old world crops.
New world crops have led to a significant rise in obesity.
Which European country saw a massive spike in its population due to the introduction of the potato until the crop failed in the 1840s?
Ireland
Russia
Germany
England
Manioc or cassava was so positively embraced by individuals on this continent that many claim it's actually from this continent?
Africa
Indian
Asia
Europe
New World grains never replaced rice in Southeast, or East Asia, but this new world food became known as the poor person's staple (go-to food).
Sweet potato
Coffee
Banannas
Corn
Which demographic was moved in great numbers as part of the Columbian Exchange?
Africans
Jews
Spaniards
The French
What opinion did author and historian Alfred Crosby have on the Columbian Exchange?
Negative as it has led to less biodiversity
Positive as it has led to more biodiversity
Has the Columbian Exchange been a positive or negative thing?
Positive
Negative
Not Sure
