Free-Response Questions

• 2012 C&C: Compare demographic and environmental effects of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas with the Columbian Exchange’s demographic and environmental effects on ONE of the following regions between 1492 and 1750. 

  • • Africa 

    • Asia 

    • Europe 

• 2018 LE.2: In the period 1450 -1750, oceanic voyages resulted in the Columbian Exchange, which transformed the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. 

  • • Develop an argument that evaluates how the Columbian Exchange affected people in the Americas in this time period. 

• 2022 Short Answer 3 

  • • a) Identify ONE technological development that directly contributed to the Columbian Exchange.

    • b) Identify ONE benefit of the transfer of crops and/or domesticated animals during the Columbian Exchange for the populations involved.

    • c) Explain ONE way in which the transfer of crops and/or domesticated animals during the Columbian Exchange affected the environment.