Prompt 1: Evaluate the extent to which religious ideals were utilized to legitimize political authority in land-based empires during the 1450-1750 time period.

What is the columbian exchange? o a. the changes that resulted from europeans settling in the new world b. the relationships that columbus and his men had with the natives they met o c. the ships that columbus bought with money from the king and queen of spain o d. the increase in the number of native american towns in the new world