Columbian Exchange Cut and Glue Worksheet - Free Printable

Final Answer:
No, you could not eat pizza without the Columbian Exchange.

Here’s why:

Pizza has ingredients from both the Old World (Europe, Asia, Africa) and the New World (the Americas). The Columbian Exchange is what brought foods from the Americas to Europe — and vice versa — after 1492.

Let’s break down pizza:

🔹 Crust: Made from wheat flour → comes from the Old World ✔
🔹 Sauce: Tomatoes → come from the New World ✘ (without Columbian Exchange, no tomatoes in Europe!)
🔹 Toppings:
- Cheese, garlic, basil, olive oil, pork/beef → Old World ✔
- Bell peppers, chili peppers (used in pepperoni) → New World ✘

So even though some parts of pizza are from the Old World, key ingredients like tomatoes and peppers came from the Americas. Without the Columbian Exchange, those ingredients wouldn’t have reached Europe — so modern pizza as we know it couldn’t exist.

That’s why the answer on the worksheet says “No!” — because pizza depends on foods that only became available globally thanks to the Columbian Exchange.

✔ Final Answer: No