Year of Discovery
Effects of the Exchange
Crops and Goods
Diseases
100

What year did Columbus first voyage to the Americas?

What is 1492?*

100

The Columbian Exchange had a significant impact on which continent's population

What is Europe?*

100

What crop from the Americas helped improve European diets?  

 

What is potatoes?*

100

Which disease was NOT brought to the Americas by Europeans?  

 

What is syphilis?*

200

What year did Columbus make his second voyage?  

What is 1493?*

200

True or False: The Columbian Exchange only had positive effects on the world.  


What is False?*

200

Name two luxury goods that were introduced to Europe from the Americas.  

 

Chocolate, tobacco,

200

What disease caused the most deaths among indigenous populations?

What is smallpox?*

300

What year did the first permanent English settlement in America occur?  

What is 1607?*

300

 Name one positive impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas.  

Introduction of new crops, livestock

300

What staple crop was brought from Europe to the Americas?  

 

What is wheat?*

300

True or False: The introduction of new diseases from Europe had positive effects on indigenous populations.

What is False?*

400

In what year did Columbus die?  

What is 1506?*

400

Name one negative impact of the Columbian Exchange on indigenous populations.

Spread of diseases, loss of land,

400

What animal was introduced to the Americas by European colonizers?  


What is the horse?*

400

What was one effect of the diseases brought by Europeans?  

Decrease in indigenous population, social disruption,

500

What year did the Columbian Exchange begin?  

What is 1492?*

500

How did the Columbian Exchange affect agriculture in Africa?  

  

Introduction of new crops improved food security.)*

500

 Name one crop that was exchanged from Europe to the Americas.

Sugarcane, coffee

500

How did the transatlantic slave trade relate to the Columbian Exchange?  

It was a result of labor needs in the New World.)*