Columbian Exchange

30. Which voyage of Columbus's brought sugarcane to Americas?

His second voyage in 1493.

24. Why did disease affect the Native Americans?

Hit the Native Americans because of biological isolation and the limited intrusion of infectious diseases in America before A.D. 1492.

Name 3 cultural impacts the Columbian Exchange had on the world?

Liberty, corporate structure, and ecology.

4. What country does corn come from?

Mexico

19. Where did the horses from the Ice Age migrate to?

Migrated to the Old World, Eurasia and Africa.

20. What are some traits of American horses, thanks to the Romans?

Romans brought larger horses that then crossbred with Iberian horses to give the horse the traits that now make up the American horse; short distance speed, larger size, contrasting patterns in the coat, and gaitedness.

9. How is maize used in Europe?

combined with wheat, barley, cabbage, beets, and the potato to use as food or animal food.

15. What characteristics did these plants have at high altitude?

could be freeze-dried into a product called chuño, which looks like a dried prune.

3. How long ago was corn domesticated?

5,000-7,000 years ago by native American people.

25. What was the percentage of impact on the Native Americans from disease?

80-90%

42. What percentage of the land was destroyed after 1890?

90%

31. What did sugar become for the industrializing Europeans?

A drug like addiction involving sugar, alcohol, and tobacco.

33. What replaced Native American labor on sugar plantations after 1600 and why?

African slavery will replace it because Native Americans in the Caribbean and Atlantic Coast populations will be dead, mainly due to disease and labor.

36. Who are the highest consumers of sugar today?

Americans and English.

28. What was sugarcane sucrose viewed as before 1000 AD?

As an exotic spice and medicine.

6. Name 5 plants from America?

Beans, squash, sunflower, avocado, and peanut.

37. What 5 nations did the Iroquois League unite?

Cayuga, Oneida, Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga.

32. What 'aphrodisiac' came from sugar?

Chocolate

21. What conquistador made a major impact with horses?

Cortez

38. What did Ben Franklin bring to our constitution from this Iroquois League example?

Creating a united country or the idea of a unified confederacy.

14. Where are potatoes derived?

Derived from the Andes of South America

Name 5 biological impacts the Columbian Exchange had on the world?

Diseases killed millions of Indians, potatoes and corn increased the population of Europe, sugar created more slavery, and horses...

43. What do you think was the most important factor in the Columbian Exchange? Explain.

I think that the most important factor in the Columbian Exchange is the new food that has been brought in. This is because there are now many more options for food all because of the different combinations of the original food that can be made. For example who knew that sugar could have been made into so many good foods and candy. Also corn has come a long way and can be used in any meal.

26. Name 4 types of diseases that took the Native Americans?

Influenza, typhoid, measles and smallpox.

18. Why did the potato famine happen in Ireland?

Ireland and the potato are best known for deterring out right starvation and the plant disease went around and killed the potato crops.

17. Why did the potato thrive in Europe?

It had a resistance to cold weather and could grow in poor soil, which is what Europe had.

5. What has the Columbian Exchange done for the population? Explain.

It had increased and improved the food supply. Also the addition of the Native American has increased the population. 4-5 times because of amends food supply.

7. Why is maize so important to the world?

It has a big economic and cultural impact and made the list of the Colombian Exchange. Maize grows quickly and is double the amount of wheat it is also high in calories.

27. Where was sugarcane developed and domesticated?

New Guinea

41. Were Native Americans 'one with nature'?

No

39. What were the 4 most powerful European nations?

Portugal, Holland, Spain, France, and obviously England although that is five.

35. What was sugarcane, in the aspect of the Columbian Exchange, responsible for creating?

Responsible for creating and stimulating the American slave trade, also Americans and English are the highest consumers of sugar.

29. In the 1500s, what two European countries began sugarcane production?

Spain and Portugal.

12. What are we as North Americans familiar with maize as?

Sweet corn on the cob or off as a vegetable and hominy.

16. Name 4 tubers?

Sweet potatoes, yams, Coco-yam, and a cassava.

44. Give an example of how three continents were connected in the Columbian Exchange?

The 3 continents were connected by trade and through the Triangular Trade. One continent would send in corn and the others would send something back therefor creating the triangle trade between 3 continents/ countries and bringing in new food products and way of living producing the concept of the Columbian Exchange.

45. What group suffered most from the Columbian Exchange and who gained? Explain.

The Native Americans suffered the most because of the diseases that killed them off and lowered their numbers and the Americas and Europe gained the most because they got more crops producing more trade, for making money.

22. Why did the horse make a greater impact on the Columbian Exchange than did the donkey?

The horse has a greater impact than the donkey because of their pastoral tribes, and in sheer economics for breeding and labor.

13. What is another name for potatoes?

Tubers

8. Name 3 ways maize is used?

Used as human food, livestock feed, and export.

23. What do we measure horsepower to?

We measure it to engines such as the automobile.

34. After 1880, why is there such a mix of cultures in the Caribbean?

With the abolishment of slavery many freed slaves were brought in from India, China, and South East Asia to work on the sugarcane plantations in the Americas.

11. How is maize used in Asia?

combined with rice or millet, taro, sweet potato, and wheat.

10. How is maize used in Africa?

combined with millet, sorghum, yams and sweet potato to use as both food for animals and people.