Columbian Exchange correct answers The multi-way exchange of plants and animals, technologies, human cultures, and disease among Atlantic peoples throughout the sixteenth century and beyond.
Christopher Columbus correct answers Italian mariner who sailed for Spain in 1492 in search of a western ...
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Columbian Exchange correct answers The multi-way exchange of plants and animals,
technologies, human cultures, and disease among Atlantic peoples throughout the sixteenth
century and beyond.
Christopher Columbus correct answers Italian mariner who sailed for Spain in 1492 in search of
a western route to Asia. He located San Salvador in the West Indies, opening the Americas to
European exploration and colonization.
Taino correct answers Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, a subset of the Arawak people of
South America, first encountered by Columbus and his crew in 1492.
The intermingling of cultures resulted in an exchange of customs, foods, and diseases. correct
answers True
Africans introduced yams, millet, sorghum, rice, and okra to the Americas. correct answers True
sugar cane correct answers A tall, fibrous grass rich in sugar that grows well in tropical climates
and proved an extremely valuable cash crop to early colonizers of the New World but required
vast amounts of labor to grow and process.
Sugar became a dominant New World product that led to slave labor. correct answers True
Afro-Caribbean correct answers A term describing the distinct religious practices, culture, music,
and language of Caribbean nations, derived from a fusion of indigenous, African, and European
sources.
Smallpox correct answers Deadly infectious disease carried by Europeans to the New World.
With no natural immunity, indigenous peoples suffered and died in great numbers from the
disease.
Place where smallpox was first recorded in 1518 correct answers Hispaniola
Brazilian root plant exported to Africa correct answers manioc
Communication device developed as a result of Portuguese colonization correct answers
Papiamento
Iron tools such as hoes and axes correct answers Old World to New World
Syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases correct answers New World to Old World
Gold, silver, timber, and other natural resources correct answers New World to Old World
Textiles and guns in exchange for slaves correct answers Europe to Africa
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