Animals
Name one animal which multiplied at unprecedented rates in America
Any of these: pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, goats
Name one crop/plant that Europe brought to the New World
peach, orange, grape, melon, banana, rice, onion, radish
Name one disease (other than small pox) that moved from Europe to America
any of these is correct: influenza, measles, chicken pox malaria, diphtheria, typhus
What is the New World?
America
Combination of plants known as the "Three Sisters"?
Corn, Beans, Squash
What animal was first animal of conquest?
Horse
Cultivation of ( ) created the major demand for slavery throughout plantation economy.
Sugarcane
( ) had little immunity to European diseases.
Native Americans
What is the Old World?
Europe
People who move from place to place with the seasons
Nomads
Hides and wool were produced because of these animals:
Pigs, cattle, sheep
This is from Europe that allowed Americas to feed themselves and export large amounts.
Wheat
Overall population loss between 1500 and 1650 was approximately ( ) %.
80
Who is the cross continental flow between Old and New World as "the Columbian exchange" named after?
Christopher Columbus
Because Indians in the Northwest and California had abundant resources
they experienced little conflict or competition between groups
Americas from Mexico southward became largest ( )-breeding region
Horse
Name one plant that eventually changed the European diet.
potato, maize, beans, peanuts, pumpkin, pineapple, sweet potato, sugar
Especially this disease killed millions in America
small pox
What is Columbian Exchange?
the massive exchange of agricultural goods, animals, slave labor, communicable diseases, and ideas between New and Old World
Name one animal that led to economic exploitation of Americas
Pigs or sheep or cattle
Which 2 crops became major staples in European farming?
Maize and Potato!
Why did Native Americans lack immunity?
Native Americans were more susceptible to diseases than Europeans because of no earlier exposure.
When did the Columbian Exchange start?
1492
Plains Indians lived in tipis, highly mobile dwellings, because
they relied on large, migratory game