European and Native American Encounters

Question 1

The Columbian Exchange

Answer 1

• started with Columbus’s 1st voyage
• introduction of new plants and animals
• Western and Eastern hemispheres involved (Europe, Americas, and Africa)

Question 2

Columbus +

Answer 2

• man of his time
• new discoveries; mixing of cultures
• led to formation of US

Question 3

Columbus -

Answer 3

• slavery
• genocide of Native Americans
• cruelty
• Spanish inflation from stolen gold and silver

Question 4

Impact on Native Americans

Answer 4

• viruses and diseases (no immunity)
• 1493 Native Americans rebellion against Spaniards in St. Croix
• forced labor
• impotent against advanced European weaponry