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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