The Americas
True or false: Columbus was the first person in the Americas
True or false, the population of Africa increased during the Columbian Exchange
True
Why did Europeans come to the Americas? (3 G's)
God, Gold, Glory
What are the terms for the two sides involved in the Columbian Exchange?
This religion was spread to the Americas
Christianity
Name one disease that was responsible for the death of millions of Native Americans.
Smallpox, measles, influenza, cocolitzli
This is the number of slave ships that crossed the Atlantic over 400 years
30,000
Name one European country that benefited from the Columbian Exchange
Spain, Portugal, England, France
Potatoes were new to where?
The Old World
Europe, Africa, and Asia
This Dominican Missionary describes destruction of the Native Americans in his book.
This 12-year-old was kidnapped from his home, separated from his sister, sold into slavery, and later wrote a book about his experience.
Olaudah Equiano
This empire would become the largest in the Americas and the second largest in history.
Spain
Smallpox, influenza, and measles were new to where?
True or false, Africa's population increased during the Columbian Exchange
True
This percentage of Native Americans died from European diseases.
90%
How many people were taken from Africa during the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
12.5 million
What crop led to an increase in the European population?
potatoes
Horses were new to where?
The New World
Which 3 continents saw an increase in their population from the introduction of crops such as potatoes?
Europe, Africa, and Asia
Horses were integrated into the culture of this Native American group.
Native Americans on the Great Plains.
What drove the slave trade?`
European demand for sugar, coffee, tobacco, and other cash crops.
European population increased by how much during the Columbian Exchange
52 million to 95 million, nearly doubling.
Tomatoes were new to where?
Old World
What is one long-term impact of the Columbian Exchange? (3 possible answers)
1. European languages spoken in the Americas
2. Potatoes becoming a staple of diets around the Old World
3. Christianity became the dominant religion of the Americas