Which of these is an accurate comparison of the results of the Columbian Exchange?

Question

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• Europe benefited the most because ideas from the New World sparked the Renaissance.
• Both Europeans and Native Americans benefited from the trade, but the harm done to the Native Americans was greater.
• Native Americans benefited greatly from European plants and animals, but it took Europe several
hundred years to find value in the Americas.
Both Europeans and Native Americans found new and useful things in the exchange, but Native American foods turned out to be poisonous to many European populations.

Answer 1

The most accurate comparison of the results of the Columbian Exchange from the options provided is:

• Both Europeans and Native Americans benefited from the trade, but the harm done to the Native Americans was greater.

This statement recognizes that while both groups exchanged valuable resources and knowledge, the detrimental effects on Native American populations, including disease, land displacement, and violence, were profound and often outweighed the benefits they received from the exchange.