European Exploration

The Columbian Exchange is the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds Click on the BLUE dot on the map to label the location that European rulers wanted to find a faster route to China In what year did the Spanish King and Queen send Christopher Columbus on his journey West? Match the terms below by clicking on a box and dragging it to the matching box Glory Obtained by gaining land and natural resources Spain Nation that wanted to spread Christianity Smallpox Killed many Native populations France Traded beaver furs with Natives Missions Established in New Spain to convert Natives to Christianity New World Items Taken to Old World Onions Cocoa Bananas Diseases Beans Tomatoes Horses Sugar Peppers Corn Old World Items Taken to New World Grains Potatoes Turkeys Cattle Coffee Beans Tobacco Pineapples Click on the BLUE dots to label the lands acquired by European nations in the New World Spanish Portuguese New York 13 Colonies French The Spanish tried convert the Natives, but were unable to since millions were killed by European Diseases like Smallpox. How is the Columbian Exchange still having an impact on your life?