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In 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (published in 2011), the historian Charles H. Mann describes the effects of the Columbian exchange: the unwitting transfer of plants, animals, and microbes between the New World and the Old which transformed life on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
According to Mann, among the living things exchanged were tomatoes, potatoes, sugarcane, horses, corn, smallpox, measles, cacao, vanilla, tobacco, rice, onions, and bananas.
Which of the following was a direct, long-term effect of the European arrival in the Americas?
All of the answers are correct. Although the disease toll of the Columbian exchange is well known, the ecological effects of Europe's arrival in the Americas were no less impactful.
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In 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (published in 2011), the historian Charles H. Mann describes the effects of the Columbian exchange: the unwitting transfer of plants, animals, and microbes between the New World and the Old which transformed life on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
According to Mann, among the living things exchanged were tomatoes, potatoes, sugarcane, horses, corn, smallpox, measles, cacao, vanilla, tobacco, rice, onions, and bananas.
Which of the following statements best describes the goals of Europeans traveling to the New World in the 1400s and 1500s?
Although eventually colonies in the New World would be settled for all these reasons, the initial motives of Columbus and other early explorers were evangelism and the pursuit of riches.
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Which of the following statements is best supported by the information provided in the diagram above?
Note: the diagram was created by the question writer.
While all of the statements are true, the diagram depicts the Columbian exchange, which led to the formation of the Triangular Trade network. The decimation of native populations due to introduced diseases and race-based violence from the colonizing forces led to a labor shortage, leading European explorers to import slaves from Africa. Note that the question asks which statement is best supported by the provided source, so just because an option is true does not make it the correct answer.
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Which of the following events was most directly caused by the exchange network depicted in the diagram?
Note: the diagram was created by the question writer.
Mineral wealth in the form of gold and silver facilitated the European shift from feudalism to capitalism. While the other events did occur in the selected time period (late 15th century - 16th century), the shift towards capitalism can be the most directly tied to the Columbian exchange.
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In 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (published in 2011), the historian Charles H. Mann describes the effects of the Columbian exchange: the unwitting transfer of plants, animals, and microbes between the New World and the Old which transformed life on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
According to Mann, among the living things exchanged were tomatoes, potatoes, sugarcane, horses, corn, smallpox, measles, cacao, vanilla, tobacco, rice, onions, and bananas.
Which of the following was a direct, long-term effect of the European arrival in the Americas?
All of the answers are correct. Although the disease toll of the Columbian exchange is well known, the ecological effects of Europe's arrival in the Americas were no less impactful.
Compare your answer with the correct one above
In 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (published in 2011), the historian Charles H. Mann describes the effects of the Columbian exchange: the unwitting transfer of plants, animals, and microbes between the New World and the Old which transformed life on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
According to Mann, among the living things exchanged were tomatoes, potatoes, sugarcane, horses, corn, smallpox, measles, cacao, vanilla, tobacco, rice, onions, and bananas.
Which of the following statements best describes the goals of Europeans traveling to the New World in the 1400s and 1500s?
Although eventually colonies in the New World would be settled for all these reasons, the initial motives of Columbus and other early explorers were evangelism and the pursuit of riches.
Compare your answer with the correct one above
Which of the following statements is best supported by the information provided in the diagram above?
Note: the diagram was created by the question writer.
While all of the statements are true, the diagram depicts the Columbian exchange, which led to the formation of the Triangular Trade network. The decimation of native populations due to introduced diseases and race-based violence from the colonizing forces led to a labor shortage, leading European explorers to import slaves from Africa. Note that the question asks which statement is best supported by the provided source, so just because an option is true does not make it the correct answer.
Compare your answer with the correct one above
Which of the following events was most directly caused by the exchange network depicted in the diagram?
Note: the diagram was created by the question writer.
Mineral wealth in the form of gold and silver facilitated the European shift from feudalism to capitalism. While the other events did occur in the selected time period (late 15th century - 16th century), the shift towards capitalism can be the most directly tied to the Columbian exchange.
Compare your answer with the correct one above