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Which best describes the Columbian Exchange? (Standard 3)

The influx of colonists who arrived in the New World from Europe


Trade routes from Columbia to Asia


The movement of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old World and the New World


None of the Above

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The movement of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the old world and new world.
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Answer:

A phrase coined by historian Alfred Crosby, the "Columbian Exchange"describes the interchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the Americas following Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean in 1492.

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