Agriculture Pre Columbus
Europe in 1491
The Americas
Columbus Coming
European Food
100

The Americas practice this type of farming to prevent soil erosion.

What is terrace farming?

100

This problem contributed to a lack of resources.

What is over-population?

100

Americas grew this type of food?

What are corn and potatoes?

100

How many many ships went to the new world?

What are 17?

100

Europeans at this type of food

What are bread and porridge?

200

The indigenous people grew this main staple of their diet.

What is corn?
200

Parts of Europe were lead by this type of government.

What is a monarchy?

200

The indigenous hunted this animal.

What are bison?

200

This animal was brought to the Americas

What is the horse?

200

Europeans did this for sport.

What is hunting?

300

This South American animal was used exclusively for its wool.

What is the llama?

300

This resource was consumed for buildings and heating.

What is timber?

300

The first nations used the animal to hunt.

What are horses?

300

This animal, brought by the Europeans, ate the corn crops in the Americas.

What is the pig?

300

This practice dwindled fish supplies.

What is intense agriculture?

400

This animal was a primary source of meat for the indigenous people.

What is the bison?

400

Europeans had access to a variety of foods, including these sources?


What are fish, pumpkins and pigs?

400

What was a cause of the death of many indigenous people in the Americas?

What is disease carried by Europeans to the Americas?

400

This fish was sent to Europe

What is cod?

400

Europeans brought these crops to America

What are wheat, barley, oats and rye?

500

Another term for growing just enough food to feed your community.  

What is subsistence farming?

500

They used up resources for this main purpose.

What is accumulating wealth?
500

Settlements in the Americas were connected by what?

What are bridges and canals.

500

Europeans brought seeds for this plant.

What is the dandelion?

500

Europeans started plantations in the Americas for these two crops.

What are sugar and tobacco?

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