Geography - Columbian Exchange (EDPUZZLE)

What percentage of Native Americans died when they came in contact with diseases from Europeans?

50-90%

New World (the Americas) food spread widely throughout Europe and other continents due to the Colombian Exchange.

True

Native Americans died from which of the following diseases? (Select all that apply)

Chickenpox, Smallpox, Measles

All of the following were effects of the Columbian Exchange EXCEPT:

Improved nutrition in the diets of Native Americans.

In what ways did animals such as cows, oxen, and horses improve life in the Americas? (Select all that apply)

1. Changed lifestyles of some Native American tribes (ex. Plains tribes became more nomadic). 2. Increased food supply; less famine. 3. Made transportation of goods and people much easier.

List 2 ways in which smallpox had a devastating effect on the Native American population.

1. They had no immunity to the disease. It spread rapidly and caused high death rates. 2. It weakened the Native American populations and made them more vunerable to European colonization and conquest.

(T/F) American animals had great impact in Europe.

False

In your opinion, was the Columbian Exchange overall beneficial or harmful? Explain your answer using at least 2 examples from the video.

I think it was harmful. I think that while the new crops came to the land, they also introduced new problems for the Native Americans such as 1) New diseases that made them succetible to conquest and inqusition 2) The people that came over took land and other belongings that was not theirs and as a result did more harm than good to the Native Americans.

What New World crop had a tremendous effect in Ireland?

Potatoes

Pigs, cows, and horses came from which region?

Old World