What is the name historians have given to the transfer of flora, fauna, and disease from Europe to the Americas that resulted in the deaths of millions of native people?
A) Curse of Columbus
B) Columbian Exchange
C) Columbian Genocide
D) Plague of Columbus

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The Columbian Exchange refers to the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries, following Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage. This exchange had profound effects on the world, including the introduction of new crops and livestock to different continents and the spread of diseases to which indigenous peoples of the Americas had no immunity, leading to devastating population declines.

What Is the Name Historians Have Given to the Transfer