Students will identify if the items listed below are from the Old World or New World. Put “O” for old and “N” for new. The Old World was Europe, Africa, and Asia, while the New World was the Americas.

Question

CROPS:

Corn
Wheat
Potatoes
Tobacco
Squash
Pumpkins
Yams
Sugar
Indigo
Tea
ANIMALS:

Horses
Llamas
Pigs
Turkeys
Cattle
Goats
Donkeys
Domesticated Small Dogs
Rabbits
Sheep
DECORATIVE MATERIALS

Cocoa
Cinnamon
Cloves
Nutmeg
Vanilla
Pepper
TECHNOLOGY:

Steele & Guns
DISEASES:

List 2 diseases spread during the Columbian Exchange

Answer 1

Here’s the classification for the items listed as either Old World (O) or New World (N):

CROPS:

• Corn: N
• Wheat: O
• Potatoes: N
• Tobacco: N
• Squash: N
• Pumpkins: N
• Yams: N
• Sugar: O
• Indigo: N
• Tea: O

ANIMALS:

• Horses: O
• Llamas: N
• Pigs: O
• Turkeys: N
• Cattle: O
• Goats: O
• Donkeys: O
• Domesticated Small Dogs: N
• Rabbits: O
• Sheep: O

DECORATIVE MATERIALS:

• Cocoa: N
• Cinnamon: O
• Cloves: O
• Nutmeg: O
• Vanilla: N
• Pepper: O

TECHNOLOGY:

• Steele & Guns: O

DISEASES:

Two diseases spread during the Columbian Exchange are:

1. Smallpox
2. Measles

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