Question

1. what things were part of the columbian exchange?
2. to work on their farms and mines in the americas, europeans turned to which groups?
3. this was the forced removal of people from africa.
4. the voyage from africa to the americas was called the ____________ because it was the middle leg of the triangular trade.
5. this is the practice of holding a person in bondage for labor

Explanation:

1. The Columbian Exchange involved the transfer of plants (like potatoes, tomatoes), animals (horses, pigs), diseases (small - pox), and cultural elements between the Old World and the New World.
2. Europeans turned to Native Americans initially, and later, due to high mortality rates among Natives from diseases, they turned to enslaved Africans to work on farms and mines in the Americas.
3. The forced removal of people from Africa was the African slave trade.
4. The voyage from Africa to the Americas was called the Middle Passage as it was the middle leg of the triangular trade.
5. The practice of holding a person in bondage for labor is slavery.

Answer:

1. Plants, animals, diseases, cultural elements
2. Enslaved Africans and initially Native Americans
3. African slave trade
4. Middle Passage
5. Slavery