Sailing with Columbus
In what year did Columbus sail west across the Atlantic?
1492
Columbus first landed on an island in this region.
The Carribean or middle america
Name one food that Europeans brought to the Americas.
Europeans introduced various livestock animals into the Americas. These included horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs. Foods from Africa (including some that originated in Asia) migrated west in European ships. They included bananas, black-eyed peas, Wheat, sugarcane, grapes, yams, etc.
Name one disease that Europeans brought to the Americas.
Smallpox, measles, or influenza
Exploration.
Name one of Columbus’s three ships.
The Niña, the Pinta, or the Santa María
What name did Columbus give the Native Americans?
Indians
Name one food that Europeans took back to Europe from the Americas.
Corn, potatoes, tomatoes, cacao, etc.
Diseases spread so quickly because Indigenous peoples had no previous ___ to them.
Immunity
What ocean did Columbus sail across?
The Atlantic
Which country paid for Columbus’s voyage?
The native people Columbus met on his first voyage were called this.
The Taino
What is the name for the swapping of plants, animals, and goods between Europe and the Americas after 1492?
The Columbian Exchange
True or False: European diseases killed more Indigenous people than European weapons.
True
This crop, originally from the Americas, became so important in Europe that it helped feed growing populations (Irish especially).
The Potato
Columbus was trying to reach this place by sailing west.
India
Give one item that Columbus brought back to Europe after his first trip.
Gold, parrots, corn (maize), potatoes, cassava, and sweet potatoes, together with secondary food crops such as tomatoes, peanuts, pumpkins, squashes, pineapples, and chili peppers. or pineapples (any acceptable)
Horses were introduced to the Americas by which group?
The Spanish
What percentage of some Indigenous communities died due to European diseases?
Up to 90%
Name one group that lived in the Americas long before Columbus arrived.
Answers may include: the Taíno, Aztecs, Maya, Inca, etc.
What were the names of the Spanish rulers who funded Columbus' expedition?
Ferdinand and Isabella
True or False: Columbus took a step on modern day U.S. soil.
False
This animal, common on European farms, became a major food source for Indigenous peoples after it arrived in the Americas.
Pigs
This deadly disease was one of the first and most devastating to spread among Indigenous peoples.
Smallpox
Many Indigenous communities lost their land and homes after Europeans arrived. This change is often called what?
Being forced off their land (accept: losing their land / being displaced) Displacement (accept “forced removal” or similar)