Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange? A. the rate at which European currencies were traded for local American goods B. the transfer of peoples, diseases, plants, and animals between the New and Old Worlds C. the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus D. the conversion of native peoples to Christianity by Spanish friars

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Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange? A. the rate at which European currencies were traded for local American goods B. the transfer of peoples, diseases, plants, and animals between the New and Old Worlds C. the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus D. the conversion of native peoples to Christianity by Spanish friars

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B. the transfer of peoples, diseases, plants, and animals between the New and Old Worlds

The Columbian Exchange involves the transatlantic exchange of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred after the first European contact with the Americas.