Topic 10 - The Columbian Exchange Flashcards
1
Q
What were the 4 main things that were transferred in the Columbian Exchange?
A
Animals, Staple Crops, Cash Crops, and Diseases
2
Q
What animals were transferred from Eurasia to Americas?
A
Horses, Pigs Cows, Goats, and Sheep
3
Q
What staple crops were transferred?
A
Wheat, rice to Americas
Potatoes, corn to Eurasia
4
Q
What cash crops were transferred?
A
Sugar, coffee, tea to Americas
Tobacco to Eurasia
5
Q
Why was the spread of diseases so uneven?
A
because the diseases came from domesticated animals and Eurasia had more domesticated animals than Americas. Indigenous people became more sick because they did not have immunity and died in large numbers.
Smallpox, flu, measles
