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Columbian Exchange Review

Practice Problem #1

Determine which exchange items were introduced to the New World the Americas by European explorers and which items were introduced to the Old World Europe, Africa, and Asia by European explorers.

Exchange Items:

  • Avocados
  • Bananas
  • Corn
  • Cows
  • Grapes
  • Honey Bees
  • Horses
  • Onions
  • Peaches
  • Peanuts
  • Pears
  • Peppers
  • Pigs
  • Pineapples
  • Pumpkins
  • Sweet Potatoes
  • Tomatoes
  • Turkeys
  • Wheat

Which exchange items were introduced to the New World by European explorers?

Answers:

  1. Cows
  2. Pears
  3. Grapes
  4. Pigs
  5. Honey Bees
  6. Wheat
  7. Peaches
  8. Bananas
  9. Horses
  10. Onions

Which exchange items were introduced to the Old World by European explorers?

Answers:

  1. Pineapples
  2. Corn
  3. Avocados
  4. Peanuts
  5. Pumpkins
  6. Peppers
  7. Sweet Potatoes
  8. Turkeys
  9. Tomatoes

Practice Problem #2

Match each product to the correct area of origin.

Exchange Items:

  • Avocado
  • Barley
  • Beans
  • Citrus Fruits
  • Coffee Beans
  • Diptheria
  • Influenza
  • Malaria
  • Measles
  • Oats
  • Potato
  • Rice
  • Sheep
  • Smallpox
  • Squash
  • Sweet Potato
  • Sugar Cane
  • Tobacco
  • Tomato
  • Turnip
  • Typhus
  • Vanilla

The Americas / "New World" Answers:

  1. Tomato
  2. Potato
  3. Beans
  4. Squash
  5. Vanilla
  6. Tobacco
  7. Sweet Potato
  8. Avocado

Europe, Asia, & Africa / "Old World" Answers:

  1. Diptheria
  2. Barley
  3. Coffee Beans
  4. Oats
  5. Malaria
  6. Turnip
  7. Sugar Cane
  8. Rice
  9. Smallpox
  10. Measles
  11. Sheep
  12. Citrus Fruits
  13. Typhus
  14. Influenza

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