Question

4 Questions. Will medal.

1- Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

A.
the rate at which European currencies were traded for local American goods

B.
the transfer of peoples, diseases, plants, and animals between the New and Old Worlds

C.
the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus

D.
the conversion of native peoples to Christianity by Spanish friars

Answer 1

2- Mark if the plant was introduced to Europe from the Americas (Choose more then one)

A.
potatoes

B.
wheat

C.
tomatoes

D.
corn

E.
sugarcane

Answer 2

3- Mark the consequence if it is intentional. (More then 1)

A.
Europeans take corn to Africa. Corn becomes an important crop there.

B.
Some sailors and conquistadors have smallpox. They come in contact with Native Americans who contract the disease and die after infecting their relatives and neighbors.

C.
Affluent Europeans buy sugar from merchants in European cities. Millions of people in Africa are kidnapped by African slave traders and sold to European sugarcane planters in the Caribbean.

Answer 3

4- Mark the consequence if it is intentional. (More then one)

A.
Spanish conquistadors bring their horses with them across the Atlantic. Some horses escape or swim to shore after a ship sinks. The Plains Indians become expert horsemen and buffalo hunters.

B.
Rats are aboard European ships coming to the Americas. The rats spread disease and hunt unknown numbers of smaller animals to extinction.

C.
Columbus brought pigs to the Americas on his second voyage. The pigs provided a valuable source of food for a growing population.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

b

Answer 6

1 is A
2 is A, D, and E.
3 is A and C
4 is A and C