Year of Discovery
What year did Columbus first voyage to the Americas?
What is 1492?*
The Columbian Exchange had a significant impact on which continent's population
What is Europe?*
What crop from the Americas helped improve European diets?
What is potatoes?*
Which disease was NOT brought to the Americas by Europeans?
What is syphilis?*
What year did Columbus make his second voyage?
What is 1493?*
True or False: The Columbian Exchange only had positive effects on the world.
What is False?*
Name two luxury goods that were introduced to Europe from the Americas.
Chocolate, tobacco,
What disease caused the most deaths among indigenous populations?
What is smallpox?*
What year did the first permanent English settlement in America occur?
What is 1607?*
Name one positive impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas.
Introduction of new crops, livestock
What staple crop was brought from Europe to the Americas?
What is wheat?*
True or False: The introduction of new diseases from Europe had positive effects on indigenous populations.
What is False?*
In what year did Columbus die?
What is 1506?*
Name one negative impact of the Columbian Exchange on indigenous populations.
Spread of diseases, loss of land,
What animal was introduced to the Americas by European colonizers?
What is the horse?*
What was one effect of the diseases brought by Europeans?
Decrease in indigenous population, social disruption,
What year did the Columbian Exchange begin?
What is 1492?*
How did the Columbian Exchange affect agriculture in Africa?
Introduction of new crops improved food security.)*
Name one crop that was exchanged from Europe to the Americas.
Sugarcane, coffee
How did the transatlantic slave trade relate to the Columbian Exchange?
It was a result of labor needs in the New World.)*