Question

What is the term for the trans-Atlantic exchange of people, goods, and diseases after 1492? A) The Columbian Exchange B) The Silk Road C) The Industrial Revolution D) The Renaissance

Answer 1

Answer: The Columbian Exchange

Explanation: Because European overseas expansion led to the rise of colonial empires, with the contact between the Old and New Worlds producing the Columbian Exchange: a wide transfer of plants, animals, foods, human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases and culture between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.

Answer 2

Answer: A)

Step-by-step explanation:

Because 1492 was the year when Colombus reached the Americas (later on they traded slaves, resources and diseases by accident that wiped out most of Native American population)