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1. Why had diseases such as smallpox and measles never been in the Americas before Europeans arrived? (2 reasons)

2. How did the Columbian Exchange effect the ecosystems of the Americas?

3. How did the Europeans Conquest of the Americas lead to African slavery?

4. List 4 cash crops that the Europeans brought to the New World that helped form a foundation for slave society in the Americas.

5. Besides spreading disease, how did the introduction of domesticated animals to the Americas change society?

6. How did crops from the New World possibly help lead to the Industrial Revolution?.

7. How did crops from the New World affect the populations of Asia and Africa?

8. Give one example of how the Columbian exchange is still happening in the modern world.

9. How would your life today be different if the Columbian exchange had never happened?