When historians refer to the "Colombian exchange," they are referring to
a. a series of letters between Columbus and King Ferdinand of Spain in which Columbus reports on his finds in the New World
b. a prisoner exchange between Spain and the Mexica (Aztec) people in the aftermath of the Spanish conquest of Mexico
c. a sharing of ideas and technology among the intelligentsia of Columbus's era
d. the diffusion of cultural traits that the Europeans and the Native Americans shared with one another
e. the animals, plants, and diseases that were exchanged between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres in the century after Columbus's journeys
Ans: e. the animals, plants, and diseases that were exchanged between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres in the century after Columbus's journeys
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