The Columbian Exchange Was

question 58

Multiple Choice

The Columbian Exchange was

• A)the new foreign exchange rate based on Peruvian silver.
• B)the spread of syphilis to the New World and of smallpox and measles from the New World to the Old.
• C)a term used to describe the massive introduction of Africans into the New World.
• D)the division of the American colonies between Spain and Portugal.
• E)the interchange of diseases, plants, animals, and some cultural elements between the Old and New Worlds.

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Definitions:

Mean Score

The average value obtained by dividing the sum of all values in a set by the number of values in that set; used as a measure of central tendency in statistics.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability within a set of numerical data, indicating how much individual data points differ from the mean.

Mode

The most frequent score.

Median

The median is a measure of central tendency that divides a data set into two equal halves, representing the middle value when the data set is ordered.