Question

The Columbian Exchange altered the social and economic life of the native populations. Socially, the Columbian Exchange
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the cultures of the native populations. Economically, the
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system was introduced to facilitate the production of cash crops.

Answer 1

Socially, the Columbian Exchange disrupted the cultures of the native populations. Economically, the encomienda system was introduced to facilitate the production of cash crops.

Brief explanation: European diseases, missionaries, and new goods altered indigenous lifeways and social structures, while the Spanish encomienda (and later repartimiento/plantation) systems coerced native labor to produce export crops.