What was the Columbian Exchange, and how did it affect societies in the Americas and Europe?
What will be an ideal response?
This exchange refers to the encounter between the native peoples of the Americas and the first Europeans to cross the Atlantic, such as Christopher Columbus. The Old World and New World exchanged their foods, plants, animals, and diseases. Both sides of the Atlantic were subsequently transformed. For example, European food acquired characteristics of the native peoples, while the Europeans brought their horses, sheep, cattle, and pigs to the New World. Unfortunately, both sides also shared their diseases with each other, in the form of syphilis that European sailors picked up on the Caribbean islands and smallpox that devastated native peoples in the New World. Some of these indigenous populations were nearly wiped out as a result of the diseases brought over by the Spanish.
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A) conversion of Africans to Christianity. B) trade. C) exploration. D) settlement. E) none of the above
Which of the following is true of the National Association of Colored Women?
a. This organization agitated for women's suffrage. b. This organization compiled and published statistics on lynchings in the southern states. c. This organization worked to establish nurseries, kindergartens, and retirement homes. d. This organization lobbied Congress for the enactment of welfare legislation to help impoverished AfricanAmericans.
What brought the end of Napoleonic France?
a. Napoleon's surrender to the Russians at Moscow b. Napoleon's commitment to the guillotine. c. Napoleon's defeat to British and Prussian soldiers at the Battle of Waterloo. d. Napoleon's ouster from office by Robespierre. e. Napoleon's escape to Italy.
In addition to The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx's most important work was
a. The Wealth of Nations. b. Der Socialismus. c. Proletariat Arise! d. Das Kapital. e. The People's Will.