Question

How did the Columbian exchange affect European trade?

Answer 1

It helped establish transatlantic trade routes to the Americas.

The Columbian exchange which received that name for Christopher Columbus, refers to the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, as well as ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.

It also refers to European colonization and trade after Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage.

Answer 2

Exchanges of plants, animals, diseases and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life. Beginning after Columbus' discovery in 1492 the exchange lasted throughout the years of expansion and discovery. The Columbian Exchange impacted the social and cultural makeup of both sides of the Atlantic.