Farmers in the Americas grew this grain long before 1492, and ships later carried it to Europe, Africa, and Asia. Which grain was it?

Europeans brought a large animal to the Americas that Plains nations later used for hunting and travel. Which animal was it?

Smallpox and measles killed enormous numbers of Indigenous people after contact with Europeans. What best explains why these diseases spread so quickly and killed so many?

Potatoes were first grown by farmers in the Americas and later became an important food crop in Europe.

Which crop did Europeans bring from the Old World and plant on large plantations in the Americas?

Spanish ships carried this farm animal to the Caribbean in the 1490s, and herds of it soon spread across the Americas. Which animal was it?

Cacao, the plant whose seeds are used to make chocolate, was grown and used long before 1492. In which region did that begin?

Before 1492, no animal in the Americas pulled a plow. Which animal brought by Europeans took on that heavy field work?

The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean. What is that forced ocean crossing called?

Sugar and tobacco plantations demanded heavy labor through long growing seasons. Which labor system did Caribbean and Southern planters come to depend on by the late 1600s?

The term "Columbian Exchange" describes the movement of plants, animals, technologies, and diseases that began after 1492. Which best describes the direction that movement went?

Which bird was raised by peoples in the Americas before 1492 and then taken back to Europe by Europeans?

Between 1519 and 1600 the number of people living in central Mexico fell sharply. What was the main cause of that decline?

Spanish colonists let large herds of cattle and sheep graze on the land around Nahua farming villages in New Spain. What happened to those villages' fields?

Virginia planters grew tobacco mainly to ship and sell it in Europe, not to feed their own families. What kind of crop is that?

Sugar cane needs a hot, wet climate and a long growing season. Where did European colonists build most of their sugar plantations?

Indigenous metalworkers in the Americas made beautiful objects from metal. Which metal did Europeans introduce for tools and weapons after 1492?

European colonists wanted to keep baking the bread they had eaten at home. Which grain did they bring across the Atlantic to grow for it?

Maize and cassava, both first grown in the Americas, became important foods in West Africa. What does this show about the Columbian Exchange?

Some Europeans arrived in the American colonies as indentured servants. What did that mean?

What was the Columbian Exchange?

Which date is most closely connected to the beginning of the Columbian Exchange?

Which flavoring, first grown by peoples in Mexico, was carried to Europe after 1492?

Spanish colonists brought this animal to the Southwest, and Diné (Navajo) weavers used its wool for blankets and rugs. Which animal was it?

True or False: Tomatoes were first domesticated in the Americas before spreading to Europe.

Which fruit did Spanish colonists bring to the Americas, where it later became a major crop in Florida?

How did new American crops such as maize and sweet potatoes affect China during the 1600s and 1700s?

Which Old World grain became the main plantation crop in the wet coastal lowlands of South Carolina?

True or False: Squash and pumpkins were first grown in the Americas, long before Europeans arrived.

Which crop from the Americas spread to Asia after 1492 and became a key part of spicy cooking in India and Thailand?

How did the arrival of horses affect some Native peoples of the Great Plains?

Which pair of foods did Europeans carry from the Old World to grow in the Americas?

Which crop, first grown in Africa, was carried to the Americas and later became a major plantation crop in Brazil?

Which statement best describes the forced movement of enslaved Africans to the Americas between the 1500s and the 1800s?

True or False: Peanuts were first grown in Europe and later carried to the Americas by colonists.

Which item was introduced from the Americas to the Old World?

Which group of animals brought by Europeans changed farming and food supplies in the Americas?

Why is the Columbian Exchange considered a turning point in world history?

Which crops from the Americas became important staple foods in parts of Africa after the Columbian Exchange?

Which sentence best explains why new crops from the Americas mattered to the world?