Chapter 2 Lesson 3 The Columbian Exchange

Fill in the blank to complete the sentence. His arrival set in motion the Columbian Exchange. This was a movement of people, animals, plants, cultures, and even disease between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. Fill in the blank to complete the sentence. Colonists started large farms, growing sugar cane, and other crops. They forced Native Americans to work in the fields. Fill in the blank to complete the sentence. Most Native Americans had no defense against diseases such as smallpox, measles, and malaria. Fill in the blank to complete the sentence. An epidemic is an outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people. Fill in the blank to complete the sentence. The devastation, or great harm, was enormous. Millions of people died. Fill in the blank to complete the sentence. Foods from the Americas, such as corn, peanuts, potatoes, squash, and pineapples became part of their diet. Turkeys, guinea pigs, and llamas were also new to them. Fill in the blank to complete the sentence. The arrival of the horse had an enormous impact on some Native American cultures. Horses transformed the way these Native Americans lived. Fill in the blank to complete the sentence. The Columbian Exchange transformed the way people on both sides of the Atlantic farmed and ate. Fill in the blank to complete the sentence. Native American farmers learned to grow European and African crops such as wheat, rice, and sugar cane and added them to their diets. However, the arrival of sugar cane had a harmful result, too. Fill in the blank to complete the sentence. Plants, animals, and diseases were not the only things shared during the Columbian Exchange.