What Does the Term Columbian Exchange Refer To

question 26

Multiple Choice

What does the term Columbian exchange refer to?

• A) the peaceful exchange among Europeans and Native Americans of native edible plant species
• B) the spread of European notions and technologies of warfare to Native Americans, who never engaged in massive violent campaigns prior to the 1500s
• C) the spread of people, resources, products, ideas, and diseases between the Eastern and Western hemispheres after contact
• D) the exchange of culture that occurred among Native Americans and Europeans that eventually led to the first great civilizations in the Americas and, in Europe, the first classless societies
• E) the general reciprocity that characterized the relationship between Europeans and Native Americans during the first 15 years after initial contact

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