Question

How did the Columbian Exchange affect European trade? It helped establish trade routes to Africa. It helped establish transatlantic trade routes to the Americas. It helped European traders establish a shorter route to China. It helped European traders establish stock exchanges.

Answer 1

It helped establish transatlantic trade routes to the Americas.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) It helped establish transatlantic trade routes to the Americas.

The Columbian exchange affected trade in that It helped establish transatlantic trade routes to the Americas.

The name was taken from the explorer Cristopher Columbus. The Columbian exchange was the trade between America, Europe, and Africa during the 15th and 16th centuries. Everything was traded and transported through the Columbian exchange: goods, animals, people, minerals, and plants. Historian Alfred W. Crosby was the one who coined the term in his book "The Columbian Exchange" written in 1972. He even added that diseases were transported in ships via plants and livestock.