The Columbian Exchange Test

Which is an example of something harmful that was brought to the Americas from Europe and Asia?

• Coffee Beans

• Turnips

• Diseases

• Grains

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• A prisoner exchange between Cortes and the Aztecs

• An exchange and cultures and goods between the Eastern and Western hemisphere

• A piece exchange between Columbus and the Taino

• An exchange of cultures and goods between Europe and Australia.

Which is the best example of culture?

• American Indians had oral traditions rather than written languages.

• European explorers used technology to sail greater distances.

• American Indians did not have immunity to diseases like smallpox.

• European explorers killed, conquered, and enslaved American Indians.

Why did the cultural exchange result in conflict?

• Europeans gained a variety of new crops to support their growing populations

• Europeans competed for trade routes to Asia

• The horse allowed American Indian groups to travel farther distances and carry heavier loads.

• Many American Indians were being forced to give up their way of life.

How did the Columbian Exchange help to support for the growing populations in Europe?

• Europeans forced native people to farm and work in mines.

• Potatoes and corn from the Americas increased the availability of food in Europe.

• Europeans introduced wheat and lettuce to the Americas.

• Pigs and cattle were brought to the Americas.

Why were Africans enslaved and taken to the Americas?

• To become conquistadors and claim land for Spain

• To become citizens of New Spain

• To replace American Indians as a source of labor

• To teach Christianity to American Indians.

The Outbreak of disease that spends quickly and affects many people?

• plantation

• epidemic

• enormous

• distinct

A large farm on which a single crop is usually grown?

• plantation

• Columbian Exchange

• enormous

• distinct

The Columbian Exchange resulted in the useful trade of crops and animals as well as deadly diseases?

• True

• False

The movement of people animals, plants, and cultures across the Atlantic Ocean is know as the Euro-American Exchange?

• True

• False