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What is the Columbian Exchange?
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The movement of plants, animals, and diseases across the Atlantic after Columbus's voyage.
What impact did the Columbian Exchange have on Native Americans?
What impact did the Columbian Exchange have on Native Americans?
It brought new animals and increased farm productivity, but also brought diseases that killed many Native Americans.
Which animals were brought to the Americas during the Columbian Exchange?
Which animals were brought to the Americas during the Columbian Exchange?
Sheep, horses, and cattle.
How did the introduction of horses impact Native American culture?
How did the introduction of horses impact Native American culture?
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Why were diseases from the Old World particularly devastating for Native Americans?
Why were diseases from the Old World particularly devastating for Native Americans?
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