The Columbian Exchange

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The Columbian Exchange
One of historys great turning points!!
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Exploration led to an enormous exchange of
people, plants, animals, technology and ideas
that would change the lives of people in Asia,
Europe, the Americas and Africa.
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Because this global interaction began with
Columbus, it is called the Columbian Exchange.
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• Where did the item come from?
• Did the item come from the New World and
  shipped to the Old World or was the item
  shipped from the Old World to the New World?
• You will click on the place of origin.

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Corn (Maize)
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Horses
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Avocado
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Small pox, measles, typhus
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Squash, pumpkin
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Cocoa
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Pigs and cattle
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Christianity
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Potatoes, sweet potatoes
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Peanuts
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Chili peppers
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Grapes (wine)
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Wheat
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Chickens, (eggs)
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Tomato
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Sugar
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Tobacco
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Rice
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Bananas
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Goats and Sheep
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Summary Columbian Exchange What came from
where List 8 things from each world on your
paper.
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Imagine Italian food without tomatoes, Mexican
food with no rice and bean dish, the Irish
without potatoes, chocolate without sugar. Make
a list of products or foods that combine things
from different continents.
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Think about the effects of the Columbian
Exchange. Were they all positive? How were
different groups effected differently?
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Click on this site to answer the questionWhy did
the population native Americans drastically
decline in the decades following European
contact? Write a paragraph!
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_history_of
_American_indigenous_peoples
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What does this painting tell you about the
effects of the Columbian Exchange on the European
diet?
Pieter Aertsen, MARKET WOMAN AT VEGETABLE STAND
(1567). Courtesy of WorldArt Kiosk/Kathleen
Cohen.
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Remember, the populations of Europe, Africa and
Asia had been devastated by the Black Plague
during the Middle Ages. Check out the following
web sites and write a paragraph about how the
Columbian Exchange effected the Old World
peoples.
http//www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jtomask/471/cole
xchng.htm
http//muweb.millersville.edu/columbus/data/art/S
CHWART1.ART
http//daphne.palomar.edu/scrout/potato.htm
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Final Assignment Thematic Essay Write an essay
answering the question, Why is the Columbian
Exchange considered one of the largest turning
points in history? Be sure to include an
introduction and conclusion. Describe the
conditions before the event, the event itself and
the effects on both populations (positive and
negative). Good Luck.