the Columbian Exchange

Question 1

What were positives of the Columbian Exchange for the Natives?

Answer 1

Introduced food (grains, fruits, coffee). European weapons (firearms and gunpowder) and animals (livestock and horses) enriched their diets and provided labor.

Question 2

What were negatives of the Columbian Exchange for the Natives?

Answer 2

Newly introduced European diseases wiped out large amounts of the population, Europeans conquered Native societies, and Natives were subject to slavery.

Question 3

What were positives of the Columbian Exchange for Europe?

Answer 3

New foods (corn, potatoes, tomatoes, and chocolate) enriched the diets of Europeans, increasing Europe’s population, and desire for new goods boosted the economy.

Question 4

What were negatives of the Columbian Exchange for Europe?

Answer 4

Heavy reliance on potatoes wrought famine in Ireland due to potato blight, and new consumption of tobacco causes health problems.

Question 5

What is another name for the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 5

the Triangular Trade

Question 6

What was the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 6

a global exchange of people, goods, ideas, technology, and disease between Europe and Asia and the Americas