Unit 2-6: ENVIRONMENTAL Effects of Connectivity

What new crop mentioned in the text transformed diets and lifestyles?

• Potatoes

• Corn

• Wheat

• Bananas

Which disease is highlighted as spreading due to increased trade connectivity?

• Smallpox

• Cholera

• Influenza

• Bubonic plague

How did the introduction of new crops affect populations?

• Led to population growth

• Had no effect

• Led to population stagnation

• Caused population decline

What role did geography play in the spread of diseases according to the text?

• It slowed down the spread

• It was irrelevant

• It prevented disease spread

• It aligned with trade routes

What is one economic implication of population growth mentioned in the text?

• Affecting labor supply

• Decreasing food production

• Increasing unemployment

• Reducing economic activities

What does the interdependence created by trade routes highlight?

• Global nature of economies

• Decline of local economies

• Isolation of regions

• Self-sufficiency of regions

What lesson can modern trade learn from historical trade practices?

• Awareness of interconnected systems

• Isolationism is better

• Trade should be avoided

• Only local trade is beneficial

What was a cultural impact of the movement of goods across trade routes?

• Exchange of cultural practices

• Loss of cultural identity

• Cultural isolation

• Cultural stagnation

What does the spread of the Bubonic plague illustrate about trade?

• Trade is unrelated to health

• Trade prevents disease spread

• Trade can have devastating health consequences

• Trade only has positive effects

How did increased food production affect social structures?

• It had no effect

• It could affect social structures

• It destroyed social structures

• It weakened social structures