The Columbian Exchange Answers

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What effects did the Columbian Exchange have on Europe? Choose five correct answers.A global economy developed.Countries raced to colonize new areas.European countries gained great wealth.People became interested in new luxury items.Europeans benefited from new technologies from the Americas.People became less interested in trading with other countries.Populations may have increased due to more nutritious foods.

A
A global economy developed.
B
Countries raced to colonize new areas.
C
European countries gained great wealth.
D
People became interested in new luxury items.
E
Europeans benefited from new technologies from the Americas.
F
People became less interested in trading with other countries.
G
Populations may have increased due to more nutritious foods.
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How does Las Casas describe the Spanish?

A
as tyrants and murderers
B
as fair and just
C
as wealthy and cruel
D
as weak and godlike
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How did the transatlantic slave trade cause famine in Africa?

A
There were not enough Africans to farm the land.
B
There were fewer women having children.
C
Violence and war killed many Africans.
D
Europeans colonized Africa.
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Which group benefited from mercantilism?

A
enslaved Africans
B
European nations
C
indigenous people
D
colonists

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