Columbian Exchange

How did the Columbian Exchange begin?

• The Europeans had to eat American foods since they did not bring any from home.

• Europeans brought plants and animals to the Americas and took American plants and animals home to Europe.

• The Native Americans asked the Europeans to bring them horses and other animals and plants.

• The Native Americans exported goods like potatoes to Europeans and initiated a trade network.

Why were horses eventually welcomed by Americans?

• The horse population grew quickly, and Americans came to accept them.

• They came to consider the horses as gods.

• Horses made traveling faster and buffalos hunting easier and safer.

• Native Americans never came to accept horses.

What was a problem caused by the Columbian Exchange?

• New Americans did not want European plants and animals.

• New disease were introduced to both sides of the Exchange.

• Europeans got fewer new plants and animals than the Native Americans did.

Answer explanation

Europeans brought human disease to the Americas, and plant disease, like the potato blight, traveled from the Americas to Europe.

The historical development or event depicted (seen) in this image is an example of the

• Encomienda System

• Slavery and Triangle Trade

• Black Plague

• Columbian Exchange

Which of the following best describes the features or characteristics of a civilization?

• cities, system of writing, government, and education system

• cities, architecture, system of writing, religion, and government

• education system, religion, writing system, art and architecture

• All of the above

What were short-term effects of the Columbian Exchange? List at least 3.

What were long-term effects of the Columbian Exchange? List at least 2.

The introduction of new crops, pathogens (germs), and livestock by the Spanish in the New World contributed most directly to which trend?

• The rapid decrease in the Native American population  

• The rapid increase in Native American nation-state building and expansion

• Improved Native America diet through hunting and planting of new species

• Expansion of powerful native groups (Aztecs) at the expense of weaker neighbors

The interaction in the chart most directly and immediately contributed to which group’s migration to North America?

• The Irish as a result of the Potato Famine

• The Germans as a result of the failed Revolutions of 1848

•  The Puritans search for independence from the British crown

•  African Slaves as a replacement for diminishing Native American labor