USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What animals that Europeans brought to the Americas:
A
Horses
B
pigs
C
cattle
D
goats
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Europeans brought horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs, among others. These animals changed agricultural practices and transportation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Columbian Exchange brought horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and a collection of other useful species to the Americas. Before Columbus, Native American societies in the high Andes had domesticated llamas and alpacas, but no other animals weighing more than 45 kg (100 lbs).

Detailed explanation-3: -Europeans changed the New World in turn, not least by bringing Old World animals to the Americas. On his second voyage, Christopher Columbus brought pigs, cows, chickens, and horses to the islands of the Caribbean.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Columbian Exchange facilitated the transfer of all of the major domesticated animals from the Old World to the Americas: cattle, horses, sheep, goats, and pigs. The few domesticated species in Pre-Columbian America included the dog and the alpaca.

Detailed explanation-5: -Domesticated cattle were introduced to the Caribbean in 1493 by Christopher Columbus, and between 1493 and 1512, Spanish colonists brought additional cattle in subsequent expeditions (12). Spanish colonists rapidly transported these cattle throughout southern North America and northern South America.

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