Crash Course - Columbian Exchange

Introduction

1. This video is a sort of response to a book called The Columbian Exchange by who?
2. Since Columbus discovered the Americas, has diversity of plant and animal life on earth gone up or down?

Disease & The Open Letter

1. What is the estimated range for native population deaths in the Americas?  (Lowest estimate to highest estimate)
2. Name three diseases that causes these deaths.
3. Name two empires that were weakened by diseases, making it easier to conquest by the Spanish.
4. What one "gift" (disease) did the Americas have for Europe?
5. What eventually killed more soldiers as a result of governmental action in World War II than combat?
6. What are three advantages of pigs?

Animals & Plants

1. What are three advantages of pigs?
2. What was the primary transportation animal for the Inca?
3. Name two crops/plants that Europeans brought to the Americas.
4. Name five crops/plants that were native to the Americas and brought to Europe.
5. 58% of the corn grown in America is used for what

Humans & Conclusion

1. Give one advantage and one disadvantage of the Colombian exchange
2. Did Crosby think we are better off?  Why/why not?