1. What is meant by the Columbian Exchange? Who was affected the most by the exchange? 2. What were the various goals of the colonial European powers in the expansion of their empires? To what extent were they able to achicve these goals? In your opinion, where did they fail? 3. On the whole, what was the impact of early European explorations on the New World? What was the impact of the Neaw Woid on Europeans? .