USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH EXPLORERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is Christopher Columbus?
A
a man from Columbus
B
a man who introduced the Native Americans to the New World
C
the man who invented America
D
the man who the Columbian Exchange is named after
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It is named after the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and is related to the European colonization and global trade following his 1492 voyage. Some of the exchanges were purposeful; some were accidental or unintended.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Columbian exchange is named after Christopher Columbus because his discovery of the New World began the ongoing exchange of objects, organisms, and ideas between the Old World and the New World.

Detailed explanation-3: -Christopher Columbus introduced horses, sugar plants, and disease to the New World, while facilitating the introduction of New World commodities like sugar, tobacco, chocolate, and potatoes to the Old World. The process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic is known as the Columbian Exchange.

Detailed explanation-4: -Christopher Columbus Was Not His Real Name In Italian he is known as Cristoforo Colombo, which was long thought to be his birth name, and in Spanish as Cristóbal Colón. But he has also been referred to, by himself and others, as Christoual, Christovam, Christofferus de Colombo, and even Xpoual de Colón.

Detailed explanation-5: -Explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) is known for his 1492 ‘discovery’ of the New World of the Americas on board his ship Santa Maria.

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