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WorksheetsColumbian Exchange
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 27mins
Why did people from Europe set out to explore new routes to Asia?
Because the Renaissance made people wealthy
Because Europeans wanted revenge on the Mongols
Because the Ottomans shut down the Silk Road
Because Europeans had overpopulated their area
Match the explorers to their country of origin (or which country funded their journey)
Cartier, La Salle, Champlain
Portugal
Cabot, Drake, Hudson
Spain
Magellan, de Gama, Diaz
England
Columbus, Vespucci, Cortes
France
The transfer of plants, animals, gold, African slaves and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is known as the
Age of Exploration
Columbian Exchange
Old World vs New World
Protestant Reformation
Why did so many European countries compete to claim new lands?
Match the items exchanged in the Columbian Exchange
Disease
Weapons/guns
Wheat, rice, oats
Coffee*
Citrus fruits
African slaves
Tomatoes, peppers
Corn, pumpkins
Tobacco
Vanilla
Sugar cane
Turkey
Cattle, sheep, pigs, horses
Draw 2 items that Europeans brought to the New World.
Draw 2 items the Americas gave to the Old World (Europe/Asia/Africa)
Since cheap labor was sought out by Europeans after Feudalism had ended, many ____ were taken as slaves by the Portuguese, Spanish, English and French.
Chinese
Portuguese
Native Americans
Africans
True or False: Africans had held other Africans in "slavery" (or indentured servitude) due to them having debts or being taken as prisoners of war.
True
False
The dangerous journey Africans were taken on by Europeans colonizing the New World, often lasting 2-3 months in crowded, unsanitary conditions was called
The Northwest Passage
The Middle Passage
The American journey
Latin American Passage
Categorize the Columbian Exchange effects under positive or negative.
New patterns of trade and distribution of goods emerged.
Slave labor was used to work the land.
Stronger global economy emerged
Diseases wiped out millions of indigenous people.
New species of plants and animals changed the environment of the New World.
New domesticated animals thrived in the New world and changed indigenous cultures.
Italians got tomoatoes, Ireland got potatoes and India got chili peppers.
Cattle, sheep, goats & pigs caused some disease.
Wheat, barley, rye led to new economy of food.
Rough, rocky, dry land could now be used to grow some crops from the New World.
What is Cultural Diffusion?
The spread of ideas, religions, language, customs, food to other areas.
The sharing of land and similar resources.
The wealthy elite controlling parts of the poor's culture.
The economic monopoly of a particular resource or business.
Give 2 or more examples of how the Columbian Exchange was Cultural Diffusion.
How has the Columbian Exchange impacted your life (where you live, what you eat, what you wear, what you buy, etc)?
How is Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet's character in Dune) similar to European Explorers, specifically, Columbus?
