Columbian Exchange

Animals

100

Name one animal which multiplied at unprecedented rates in America

Any of these: pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, goats

200

The only domesticated animal in North America before the Columbian Exchange

Llama

300

Hides and wool were produced because of these animals:

Pigs, cattle, sheep

400

Americas from Mexico southward became largest ( )-breeding region

Horse

500

Name one animal that led to economic exploitation of Americas

Pigs or sheep or cattle

Crops

100

Name one crop/plant that Europe brought to the New World

peach, orange, grape, melon, banana, rice, onion, radish

200

Cultivation of ( ) created the major demand for slavery throughout plantation economy.

Sugarcane

300

This is from Europe that allowed Americas to feed themselves and export large amounts.

Wheat

400

Name one plant that eventually changed the European diet.

potato, maize, beans, peanuts, pumpkin, pineapple, sweet potato

500

Which 2 crops became a major staple in European farming?

Maize and Potato!

Diseases

100

Name one disease from Europe to America

any of these is correct: influenza, measles, chicken pox malaria, diphtheria, small pox, typhus

200

( ) had little immunity to European diseases.

Native Americans

300

Overall population loss between 1500 and 1650 was approximately ( ) %.

50-90

400

This disease especially killed millions in America

small pox

500

Why did Native Americans lack immunity?

Native Americans were more susceptible to diseases than Europeans because of no earlier exposure.

Miscellaneous

100

What is New World?

America

200

What is Old World?

Europe

300

Why did Europeans begin importing slaves into the Americas?

Because they needed easy cheap labor to profit off cash crops and most Native Americans had died from European diseases.

400

What is Columbian Exchange?

the massive exchange of agricultural goods, animals, slave labor, communicable diseases, and ideas between New and Old World

500

When did the Columbian Exchange start?

1492