Question 1

What was the Colombian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

The broad event that describes the mixing of the Old and New Worlds

Question 2

What were conquistadors?

Accepted Answer

Spanish soldiers that conquered land in the Americas

Question 3

What effect did disease have on Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

Native population dropped drastically due to disease, such as smallpox

Question 4

How did the horse affect Native American culture?

Accepted Answer

After being introduced by Europeans, Native Americans used horses to hunt buffalo much more effectively

(this gave the tribes a surplus of food, and allowed them to focus on other pursuits such as art)

Question 5

What effect did the potato have on Europe?

Accepted Answer

Huge population increase, due to better nutrition

Question 6

What role did sugarcane play in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Sugarcane was highly profitable, so huge sugarcane plantations were created

(especially in Brazil)

Question 7

What was the transatlantic slave trade?

Accepted Answer

The network of African slaves being brought to the Americas for labor

Question 8

Why were African slaves in high demand in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Diseases decimated Native populations, so Europeans looked to Africa for slaves to work on plantations

Question 9

What were engenhos?

Accepted Answer

Huge sugarcane plantations in the Americas

(engenhos is Portuguese for engines)

Question 10

What are cash crops?

Accepted Answer

Crops designed to be sold, rather than eaten

Question 11

What was the African Diaspora?

Accepted Answer

The mass movement of Africans out of Africa

(both voluntarily and involuntarily)

Question 12

What is a creole?

Accepted Answer

A language formed from two other languages

(in the Americas, creoles often formed from the mixture of West African and European languages)

Question 13

How did African culture diffuse into the Americas as a result of the transatlantic slave trade?

Accepted Answer

Enslaved Africans brought their culture with them, including languages, music styles, and foods

4.3 - The Columbian Exchange, AP World History: Modern Flashcards