Asap apex which of the following describes an effect of the columbian exchange? a. empires in the americas became wealthier and more powerful than ever before. b. horses became essential for trade and warfare in asia and europe. c. european crops wiped out and replaced crops native to the americas. d. huge numbers of american native peoples died from european diseases.

Huge numbers of American native peoples died from European diseases.

The Columbian Exchange was the transfer of plants, animals, culture, etc. between the Americas and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries, related to European colonization and trade after Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage. An effect of the Columbian Exchange was the death of a huge number of American native people, as they catch diseases that were unknown in the new world prior to the arrival of the European.