The Colombian Exchange
Most animals and diseases that were transferred in the Columbian exchange camr from the ______ world?
Old
Where did the Europeans go first when leaving Europe during the Columbian Exchange?
Africa
Slavery was opposed by all of the rulers in Africa, true or false?
false
Cassava
food
Who discovered the New World?
Christopher Columbus
Name two crops brought into Europe from the Americas.
tomatoes, squash, pineapples, tobacco, cacao beans, maize, potatoes, peppers, peanuts, avocados
Where did the Europeans go once they left Africa?
America or New World
About how many Africans were brought to the New World as slaves?
12-13 hundred 12-13 million 12-13 billion
12-13 million
Turkeypox
Neither
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Which foods would we NOT be able to eat today in the U.S. if the Columbian Exchange never happened? Choose all that apply.
tomatoes ketchup butter pasta tater tots
ketchup (needs sugar)
butter (comes from cows)
pasta (comes from wheat and grains)
About how long did it take to cross the Atlantic Ocean?
1-2 weeks 1-2 months 1-2 years
1-2 months
What were slaves used for in the New World?
to work on plantations with cash crops
Whooping Cough
Disease
Who was the New World named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
Which items below could we still have in America if the Columbian Exchange NEVER happened? Choose all the correct answers.
sunflower seeds pineapple chunks peaches
grape juice hot sauce salad
sunflower seeds
pineapple chunks
hot sauce
What did the Europeans stop in the Caribbean Islands to trade for?
sugar
Why didn't Europeans use the Native Americans as slaves?
too many Native Americans died from diseases
Yellow Fever
Disease
What weapon did Europeans trade to Africans in exchange for slaves?
guns
Name three diseases brought into Europe from the Americas.
What is influenza, typhus, malaria, or diphtheria.
Explain how bringing horses to the New World changed the New World forever. Give 3 reasons.
it was technology
helped with farming
was new transportation
changed how Native Americans hunted and lived
was a sign of wealth
True or False
Two of the many reasons that Europeans used African slaves was that 1.) Africans had better immunity to Old World diseases and 2.) Africans had nowhere to run away or escape to in the New World.
True
quinine
food
answers will vary