Question

How did the Columbian exchange affect European trade? A) it helped establish trade routes to Africa B) It helped establish transatlantic trade routes to the Americans. C) it helped European traders establish a shorter route to china. D) it helped European traders establish stock exchanges

Answer 1

Answer:

It helped establish transatlantic trade routes to the Americans

Explanation:

After the discovery of America by the Italian Cristoforo Colombo, the axis of international trade shifted from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean, which favored some countries like the United Kingdom and Spain and caused countries like Italy to fall into crisis

Answer 2

Answer:

Option B.

Explanation:

It helped establish transatlantic trade routes to the Americans, is the right answer.

The Columbian Exchange was the widespread exchange of ideas, people, culture, plants, animals and diseases between the Eastern and the Western Hemispheres. This exchange helped to establish the transatlantic trade routes to the Americans. This exchange had some significant (positive as well as negative) impacts on both the New World and Europe. For instance, the Columbian exchange enhanced the diet of Europeans and due to this, they tended to live for a longer period than before. At the same time, it affected the native American population adversely as they got infectious to such diseases that had no known cure.