Answer :
Answer:
The correct answer is:
B. The exchange of diseases, plants, animals, and cultures between Old and New Worlds
Explanation:
The Columbian Exchange refers to the widespread transfer of plants, animals, people, technologies, cultures, and diseases between the Old World (Europe, Africa, Asia) and the New World (the Americas) following Christopher Columbus’s voyages in 1492.
Key Aspects of the Columbian Exchange:
- From the Old World to the New World: Horses, cattle, pigs, wheat, sugarcane, and diseases (like smallpox and measles).
- From the New World to the Old World: Maize (corn), potatoes, tomatoes, chocolate, tobacco, and syphilis.
Why Not the Other Options?
- A. The trade of gold between Europe and the Americas → Gold was part of European colonization, but the Columbian Exchange was much broader.
- C. The slave trade across the Atlantic → The Atlantic Slave Trade was a separate but related event that intensified due to European colonization.
- D. The exchange of maps between explorers → While maps were exchanged, the term "Columbian Exchange" refers to biological and cultural exchanges, not just navigation.
Thus, the correct answer is B. The exchange of diseases, plants, animals, and cultures between Old and New Worlds.
