What was the impact of Iberian conquest and settlement on the peoples and ecologies of the Americas?

What was the impact of Iberian conquest and settlement on the peoples and ecologies of the Americas?

1. Which of the following animals did not originate in the Old World of Europe, Africa, or Asia?
a.
Llamas
b.
Cattle
c.
Sheep
d.
Pigs

2. Which of the following crops originated in the New World?
a.
Oats
b.
Peanuts
c.
Barley
d.
Coffee

3. What crop was so controversial that monarchs in Europe and China attempted to ban its use?
a.
Tobacco
b.
Rice
c.
Potato
d.
Wheat

4. Which of the following crops did not originate in the New World?
a.
Tobacco
b.
Maize
c.
Potato
d.
Wheat

5. Which of the following European diseases was responsible for the greatest number of Amerindian deaths in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries?
a.
Measles
b.
Influenza
c.
Bubonic Plague
d.
Smallpox


What was the impact of Iberian conquest and settlement on the peoples and ecologies of the Americas?
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